British Farmer's Magazine, Volum 1James Ridgway, 1837 |
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Side 7
... practice that the vaporization of liquids is best effected in wide open vessels . It is then important that the evaporating surfaces should be as large as possible , and exposed to the direct action of the fire . But herein a difficulty ...
... practice that the vaporization of liquids is best effected in wide open vessels . It is then important that the evaporating surfaces should be as large as possible , and exposed to the direct action of the fire . But herein a difficulty ...
Side 20
... practice will soon explain the manner of performing the operation , and its utility . 3. Proof by the Thermometer . When the thermometer is plunged in the boiling syrup , it ought to indicate 90 ° R. ( 234 F. ) , to constitute what the ...
... practice will soon explain the manner of performing the operation , and its utility . 3. Proof by the Thermometer . When the thermometer is plunged in the boiling syrup , it ought to indicate 90 ° R. ( 234 F. ) , to constitute what the ...
Side 42
... practice common in parts of Spain , of baking corn to a certain extent , by exposing it to a tempera- ture of 150 ° or upwards , for the purpose of destroying an in- sect by which it was attacked . " - ( Quarterly Journal of Agricul ...
... practice common in parts of Spain , of baking corn to a certain extent , by exposing it to a tempera- ture of 150 ° or upwards , for the purpose of destroying an in- sect by which it was attacked . " - ( Quarterly Journal of Agricul ...
Side 51
... practice . Such habits may be acquired without the actual inculcation of precept , as a language may be spoken accurately without a know- ledge of its grammatical construction , and as a song may be sung without a knowledge of musical ...
... practice . Such habits may be acquired without the actual inculcation of precept , as a language may be spoken accurately without a know- ledge of its grammatical construction , and as a song may be sung without a knowledge of musical ...
Side 75
... practice is highly injurious to sandy soils , beneficial to clay lands , and still more advantageous to those of a peaty description ; that is , to soils where there is an excess of inert vegetable remains . The cultivator of the soil ...
... practice is highly injurious to sandy soils , beneficial to clay lands , and still more advantageous to those of a peaty description ; that is , to soils where there is an excess of inert vegetable remains . The cultivator of the soil ...
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Side 242 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Side 118 - Great source of day! best image here below Of thy Creator, ever pouring wide, From world to world, the vital ocean round, On Nature write with every beam His praise.
Side 353 - Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.
Side 210 - The improvement depends on this principle, that the power of the female to supply her offspring with nourishment is in proportion to her size, and to the power of nourishing herself from the excellence of her constitution. The size of the foetus...
Side 269 - ... skill in the cultivation of the soil ; the almost certainty that those fiscal regulations which have hitherto depressed the growth of sugar in Bengal, and prevented the large increase of its imports into this country, will soon be repealed ; the prospect of an early removal of the other restrictions which still fetter the commerce of our Eastern possessions ; the rapidly increasing population and prosperity of Hayti; the official statements of Mr. Ward, as to the profitable culture of sugar by...
Side 326 - ... to be applied per acre, since soil, situation, and climate, must all be taken into the farmer's consideration. The following facts however have been ascertained by numerous experiments, at some of which I have personally assisted. I. That crushed bones remain in the soil, for a length of time proportionate to the size of the pieces ; the dust producing the most immediate effect, the larger pieces continuing to shew the longest advantage.
Side 210 - The proper method of improving the form of animals consists in selecting a well formed female, proportionately larger than the male. The improvement depends on this principle, that the power of the female to supply her offspring with nourishment, is in proportion to her size, and to the power of nourishing herself from the excellence of her constitution.
Side 74 - I found that they afforded considerable quantities of gypsum, and probably this substance is intimately combined as a necessary part of their woody fibre ; if this be allowed, it is easy to explain the reason why it operates in such small quantities ; for the whole of a clover, or sainfoin crop on an acre, according to my estimation, would afford by incineration, only three or four bushels of gypsum.
Side 366 - The sun shines brighter, and the storms rage more furiously than in the valleys ! The very sterility pleases : and to him who has been brought thither by the rapid means of travelling now adopted, from some bustling mart of trade, or vortex of fashion, the novelty of lonesomeness is agreeably exciting ! The stillness that reigns around is as wonderful to him as the solidity of land to the stranded sailor ! Scarcely is there a change of scene ; silence and...
Side 209 - It has generally been supposed that the breed of animals is improved by the largest males. This opinion has done considerable mischief, and would have done more injury if it had not been counteracted by the desire of selecting...