A Compendium of Modern Husbandry: Principally Written During a Survey of Surrey, Made at the Desire of the Board of Agriculture; Illustrative Also of the Best Practices in the Neighbouring Counties, Kent, Sussex, &c.; in which is Comprised an Analysis of Manures Shewing Their Chemical Contents, and the Proper Application of Them to Soils and Plants of All Descriptions; Also an Essay on Timber Exhibiting a View of the Increasing Scarcity of that Important Article, with Hints on the Means of Counteracting It; Together with a Variety of Miscellaneous Subjects Peculiarly Adapted to the the Present State of the Internal Economy of the Kingdom, Volum 3The Author, 1805 |
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... nearly exhausted every particle of nourish- ment from it . What becomes then of the seeds of the grasses ? They may vegetate it is true , but what have they to support them when they are brought into existence ? Exactly what the roots ...
... nearly exhausted every particle of nourish- ment from it . What becomes then of the seeds of the grasses ? They may vegetate it is true , but what have they to support them when they are brought into existence ? Exactly what the roots ...
Side 13
... nearly the same all over the kingdom ) in laying down land either for meadow or pasture , and con- trast it with the sorts I shall beg leave to submit . Whatever be the quality of the soil , be it wet or moist , or be it dry or scalding ...
... nearly the same all over the kingdom ) in laying down land either for meadow or pasture , and con- trast it with the sorts I shall beg leave to submit . Whatever be the quality of the soil , be it wet or moist , or be it dry or scalding ...
Side 35
... nearly two thirds dried through . The swarths are then turned clean over with rakes , as fast as the dew leaves them in the morning , and on the following morning at the same period , they will be fit to cock , and may be carried ...
... nearly two thirds dried through . The swarths are then turned clean over with rakes , as fast as the dew leaves them in the morning , and on the following morning at the same period , they will be fit to cock , and may be carried ...
Side 36
... nearly one sixth part as much , for the second cut , and a large proportion of dry pro- vender for young stock , equal to one load and a half to the acre . DISPOSITION . - In the vicinity of the London markets , almost the whole that is ...
... nearly one sixth part as much , for the second cut , and a large proportion of dry pro- vender for young stock , equal to one load and a half to the acre . DISPOSITION . - In the vicinity of the London markets , almost the whole that is ...
Side 50
... nearly one load to the acre . There are some other particulars relative to this plant and this manure , which , to save repetition , be referred to also . Mr. Fletcher , and most other farmers manure with yard dung , which , as far as ...
... nearly one load to the acre . There are some other particulars relative to this plant and this manure , which , to save repetition , be referred to also . Mr. Fletcher , and most other farmers manure with yard dung , which , as far as ...
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A Compendium of Modern Husbandry: Principally Written During a ..., Volum 3 James Malcolm (land surveyor.) Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1805 |
A Compendium of Modern Husbandry: Principally Written During a ..., Volum 3 James Malcolm (land surveyor.) Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1805 |
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Side 265 - On which the Sun more glad impress'd his beams Than in fair evening cloud, or humid bow, When God hath snower'd the earth; so lovely seem'd That landscape : and of pure, now purer air Meets his 'approach, and to the heart inspires Vernal delight and joy, able to drive All sadness but despair...
Side 146 - That being then one plant which has such an organization of parts in one coherent body, partaking of one common life, it continues to be the same plant as long as it partakes of the same life, though that life be communicated to new particles of matter vitally united to the living plant in a like continued organization, conformable to that sort of plants.
Side 265 - That landscape ; and of pure, now purer air Meets his approach, and to the heart inspires Vernal delight and joy, able to drive All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past...
Side 225 - Court, at any time of the year, glittering with its armed and varnished leaves ? The taller standards at orderly distances, blushing with their natural coral.
Side 426 - Let India boast her plants, nor envy we The weeping amber, or the balmy tree, While by our oaks the precious loads are borne, And realms commanded which those trees adorn.
Side 456 - Content, if hence the unlearn'd their wants may view, The learn'd reflect on what before they knew : Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame ; Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame ; Averse alike to flatter, or offend ; Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.
Side 137 - And mochell mast to the husband did yield, And with his nuts larded many swine : But now the gray moss marred his rine; His bared boughs...
Side 170 - ... and burnt bones is to be applied as before directed, patting it down with the hand. When trees are become hollow, you must scoop out all the rotten, loose, and dead parts of the trunk till you come to the solid wood, leaving the surface smooth ; then cover the hollow, and every part where the canker has been cut out, or branches lopped off, with the Composition ; and, as the edges grow, take care not to let the new wood come in contact with the dead, part of which it may be...
Side 168 - Observations on the diseases, defects, and injuries in all kinds of fruit and forest trees. " with an account of a particular method of cure.
Side 169 - Take one bushel of fresh cow-dung, half a bushel of lime rubbish of old buildings (that from the ceilings of rooms is preferable), half a bushel of wood-ashes, and a sixteenth part of a bushel of pit or river sand : the three last articles are to be sifted fine before they are mixed ; then work them well together with a spade, and afterwards with a wooden beater, until the stuff is very smooth, like fine plaster used for ceilings of rooms.