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Page 161
... rye - grass , and six of lucerne . I had a pasture also of two acres and a half for turning the cattle into during the night . The first crop of lucerne was cut previous to the commencement of the experiment , though applied with other ...
... rye - grass , and six of lucerne . I had a pasture also of two acres and a half for turning the cattle into during the night . The first crop of lucerne was cut previous to the commencement of the experiment , though applied with other ...
Page 162
... rye - grass . The result of various and repeated trials proved that the weight of the green food , eaten in the twenty - four hours by work - horses , having an allowance of from eight to ten pounds of oats per day , was nearly four ...
... rye - grass . The result of various and repeated trials proved that the weight of the green food , eaten in the twenty - four hours by work - horses , having an allowance of from eight to ten pounds of oats per day , was nearly four ...
Page 163
... rye - grass yielded nine tons per acre at the first cutting . The method taken to ascertain the weight of the different crops was as follows . Ten square yards ( nearly the forty - eighth part of an acre ) M 2 were indiscriminately ...
... rye - grass yielded nine tons per acre at the first cutting . The method taken to ascertain the weight of the different crops was as follows . Ten square yards ( nearly the forty - eighth part of an acre ) M 2 were indiscriminately ...
Page 164
... rye - grass would supply my stock ; and it was the middle of June before I was fully apprized , that not above half of the crop could be consumed in soiling , before a great part of the remainder would become seeded and spoiled . To ...
... rye - grass would supply my stock ; and it was the middle of June before I was fully apprized , that not above half of the crop could be consumed in soiling , before a great part of the remainder would become seeded and spoiled . To ...
Page 165
... rye - grass was finished by the 10th of July ; the second cutting of the lucerne , which succeeded , lasted for about ten days . The average of the whole eighteen acres of clover upon its second cutting , was six tons . By the 20th of ...
... rye - grass was finished by the 10th of July ; the second cutting of the lucerne , which succeeded , lasted for about ten days . The average of the whole eighteen acres of clover upon its second cutting , was six tons . By the 20th of ...
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1st Jan acre advantage afford agriculture allowance attention average barley benefit Bishop of Landaff bread bushels butter cabbages calves Carron Company carrots carts cash paid cattle clover commencement considerable consumption contributed Corn laws cost cut straw dairy DISBURSEMENTS ditto drill duce employed equal estimate exertion expense experiment farmer favour feeding gain grain grazing green crops green food ground half horses hundred husbandry improvements increase interest J. C. CURWEN John Fletcher kohlrabi kylo labour land lucerne manufacturer manure means ment milch cows milk millions mode months oats object oil-cake opinion person plough population pounds practice produce profit proportion quantity quarts rye-grass saving Schoose Farm season sheep shillings sickness six pence society soiling sold steamed potatoes steaming houses stewards stone supply supposed tion tons town turnips Ulverston week weight wheat whole winter Workington
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Page 163 - The profits and advantages of carrots are in my opinion greater than any other crop. This admirable root has, upon repeated and very extensive trials for the last three years, been found to answer most perfectly as a part substitute for oats. Where ten pounds of oats are given per day, four pounds may be taken away; and their place supplied by five pounds of carrots.
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Page 251 - The seed, ten days or a fortnight before it is used, is mixed with wet sand, and placed in some warm situation, so as to be in a full state of vegetation before it is sown. A fortnight is gained 'by this method, and the carrots are less liable to be injured by the weeds. The plough and harrow are kept at work during the whole summer. The plants are twice hand-weeded, and afterwards thinned. The expense attending this is considerable, but the value of the crop amply compensates it. In 1804 I had an...