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... Horses and Cattle , with the hopes of giving them a more extended circulation , I have not thought myself at liberty to withhold my consent . Many of the experiments owe their origin to suggestions gleaned in conversations I have had ...
... Horses and Cattle , with the hopes of giving them a more extended circulation , I have not thought myself at liberty to withhold my consent . Many of the experiments owe their origin to suggestions gleaned in conversations I have had ...
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And on the Best Means of Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes John Christian Curwen. ON THE STEAMING OF POTATOES , AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR HAY , IN THE FEEDING OF WORK HORSES . B STEAMING OF POTATOES , & c . & c .
And on the Best Means of Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes John Christian Curwen. ON THE STEAMING OF POTATOES , AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR HAY , IN THE FEEDING OF WORK HORSES . B STEAMING OF POTATOES , & c . & c .
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... horses with steamed potatoes . The first attempt was made without any mixture of cut straw ; but finding the horses had some difficulty in masti- cating the potatoes , an addition of a sixth part of cut . straw was made , which not only ...
... horses with steamed potatoes . The first attempt was made without any mixture of cut straw ; but finding the horses had some difficulty in masti- cating the potatoes , an addition of a sixth part of cut . straw was made , which not only ...
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... horses to feed , the greatest part of which were employed in my collieries ) , it for- tunately occurred to me , that potatoes might be used as a substitute for hay . What led to this idea was , my having , for some years , given a ...
... horses to feed , the greatest part of which were employed in my collieries ) , it for- tunately occurred to me , that potatoes might be used as a substitute for hay . What led to this idea was , my having , for some years , given a ...
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... horses , constantly fed on hay , would require two stone per day , or , for each horse , 730 stone per annum ; and supposing a ton and a half per acre , each horse would consume the produce of three acres . Two stone of potatoes , per ...
... horses , constantly fed on hay , would require two stone per day , or , for each horse , 730 stone per annum ; and supposing a ton and a half per acre , each horse would consume the produce of three acres . Two stone of potatoes , per ...
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1st Jan acre advantage afford agriculture allowance ascertain attention average barley benefit Bishop of Landaff bread bushels cabbages carrots carts cash paid cattle ciety clover commencement considerable consumption contributed Corn laws cost dairy DISBURSEMENTS ditto drill duce employed equal estimate exertion expense experiment farmer favour feeding four grain grazing green crops green food ground half horses hundred improvements increase interest J. C. CURWEN John Fletcher kohlrabi kylo labour land Little Broughton loss lucerne manure means ment milch cows milk millions mode months oats object oil-cake opinion person plough population potatoes pounds practice produce profit proportion quantity quarts rye-grass saving Schoose Farm season sheep shillings sickness six pence society soiling sold steamed potatoes steaming Steaming House stewards stone straw supply supposed tion tons town turnips twelve Ulverston week weight wheat whole Workington