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Side 5
... become almost as productive as the loams . A special method of working , suited to their nature , was necessary , in order to turn them to such good account . It is the same with the climate . British agriculturists have known well how ...
... become almost as productive as the loams . A special method of working , suited to their nature , was necessary , in order to turn them to such good account . It is the same with the climate . British agriculturists have known well how ...
Side 10
... becomes more and more striking , notwithstanding the natural advantages of Ireland , which have acquired for it the poetical cog- nomen of First flower of the earth , and first gem of the sea . The flat country which extends across the ...
... becomes more and more striking , notwithstanding the natural advantages of Ireland , which have acquired for it the poetical cog- nomen of First flower of the earth , and first gem of the sea . The flat country which extends across the ...
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... becomes for the agriculturist and economist the subject of investigations , which astonish even him from the immensity of the results . The English farmer , with that instinctive calculation which distinguishes the class , has not ...
... becomes for the agriculturist and economist the subject of investigations , which astonish even him from the immensity of the results . The English farmer , with that instinctive calculation which distinguishes the class , has not ...
Side 17
... become a very lucrative business in the first years of the Restora- tion . A Rambouillet ram was sold for 3870 francs ( £ 155 ) in 1825. The fact is , that while the indigenous sheep gave barely a few pounds of coarse wool , the merino ...
... become a very lucrative business in the first years of the Restora- tion . A Rambouillet ram was sold for 3870 francs ( £ 155 ) in 1825. The fact is , that while the indigenous sheep gave barely a few pounds of coarse wool , the merino ...
Side 20
... become per- manent ; and thus the breed is established . This mode of proceeding appears extremely simple ; but what is less so , is the choice of those qualities to be reproduced , in order to arrive at the best result . Many breeders ...
... become per- manent ; and thus the breed is established . This mode of proceeding appears extremely simple ; but what is less so , is the choice of those qualities to be reproduced , in order to arrive at the best result . Many breeders ...
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