Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New YorkC. van Benthuysen., 1847 - Agriculture |
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Page 74
... better than any other , from the fact of be- ing fattened with Indian corn , the best food known for feeding the animal . The proof is in our late commerce with England , showing that prejudice has fled , and that American pork and hams ...
... better than any other , from the fact of be- ing fattened with Indian corn , the best food known for feeding the animal . The proof is in our late commerce with England , showing that prejudice has fled , and that American pork and hams ...
Page 79
... better than those originally imported from other countries . Mr. Blackbourn , himself a farmer from Lincolnshire , confirms by his experience , the above improvement upon the original breed . Among the specimens of sheep , was a native ...
... better than those originally imported from other countries . Mr. Blackbourn , himself a farmer from Lincolnshire , confirms by his experience , the above improvement upon the original breed . Among the specimens of sheep , was a native ...
Page 86
... better view of the crops . The stone forming these fences had formerly encumbered the ground , and when they were all removed from the land , were found just about enough to form the walls , which are calculated to last many generations ...
... better view of the crops . The stone forming these fences had formerly encumbered the ground , and when they were all removed from the land , were found just about enough to form the walls , which are calculated to last many generations ...
Page 99
... better place , for the expe- riment than is here afforded . The milk alone which has been already furnished , estimating it at four cents per quart , provided the quantity should be continued , will amount to more than seven per cent ...
... better place , for the expe- riment than is here afforded . The milk alone which has been already furnished , estimating it at four cents per quart , provided the quantity should be continued , will amount to more than seven per cent ...
Page 125
... better adapted for our climate than any other breed ; and I am now endeavoring to get a dairy of as full blood stock as possible . It has been suggested , and I approve of it , that the best way is to import calves or yearlings of this ...
... better adapted for our climate than any other breed ; and I am now endeavoring to get a dairy of as full blood stock as possible . It has been suggested , and I approve of it , that the best way is to import calves or yearlings of this ...
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Page 295 - ... polished after the similitude of a palace: 13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. 15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
Page 225 - It will not be doubted that, with reference either to individual or national welfare, agriculture is of primary importance. In proportion as nations advance in population and other circumstances of maturity this truth becomes more apparent, and renders the cultivation of the soil more snd more an object of public patronage.
Page 416 - The greatest labour they take, is in planting their corne, for the country naturally is overgrowne with wood. To prepare the ground they bruise the barke of the trees neare the root, then do they scortch the roots with fire that they grow no more.
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Page 417 - Temmes, then pound againe the great, and so separating by dashing their hand in the basket, receave the flower in a platter made of wood scraped to that forme with burning and shels. Tempering this flower with water, they make it either in cakes, covering them with ashes till they...
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