The Book of the Farm, Volum 1W. Blackwood, 1852 |
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Pàgina 7
... head and hands than by either member singly , it would seem an imperative duty on him to acquire his profession by labour . 27. Other considerations as regards the acquisition of practical knowledge deserve attention from the pupil . It ...
... head and hands than by either member singly , it would seem an imperative duty on him to acquire his profession by labour . 27. Other considerations as regards the acquisition of practical knowledge deserve attention from the pupil . It ...
Pàgina 10
... heads of stock per acre , yet , as the farms are large , the number required to stock them is very considerable . The rent ... head the land is expected to maintain . on carse land . A carse is a district of country consisting of deep ...
... heads of stock per acre , yet , as the farms are large , the number required to stock them is very considerable . The rent ... head the land is expected to maintain . on carse land . A carse is a district of country consisting of deep ...
Pàgina 16
... head shepherd , and one or more young men training to be shepherds , who are placed entirely under his control . The office of head shepherd is one of great trust . Sheep being indi- vidually valuable , and in most instances reared in ...
... head shepherd , and one or more young men training to be shepherds , who are placed entirely under his control . The office of head shepherd is one of great trust . Sheep being indi- vidually valuable , and in most instances reared in ...
Pàgina 112
... head commences at a distance of 220 miles in a direct line from the sea , and whose base is 200 miles along the coast , comprises a triangular space of 20,000 square miles of new made soil - the immense tract of swamp forming along the ...
... head commences at a distance of 220 miles in a direct line from the sea , and whose base is 200 miles along the coast , comprises a triangular space of 20,000 square miles of new made soil - the immense tract of swamp forming along the ...
Pàgina 131
... heads , and describe all similar operations under the same head , as has hitherto been done in systematic works on agriculture . The other is to describe the operations as they actually occur , singly , and in succession , on the farm ...
... heads , and describe all similar operations under the same head , as has hitherto been done in systematic works on agriculture . The other is to describe the operations as they actually occur , singly , and in succession , on the farm ...
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Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
The Book of the Farm: Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, Steward ..., Volum 1 Henry Stephens Visualització completa - 1857 |
The Book of the Farm: Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, Steward ..., Volum 1 Henry Stephens Visualització completa - 1851 |
The Book of the Farm: Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, Farm ..., Volum 1 Henry Stephens Visualització completa - 1844 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 70 - Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish; A vapour sometime like a bear or lion, A tower'd citadel, a pendent rock, A forked mountain, or blue promontory With trees upon't, that nod unto the world, And mock our eyes with air.
Pàgina 69 - The rising vapours catch the silver light: Thence Fancy measures, as they parting fly, Which first will throw its shadow on the eye, Passing the source of light; and thence away, Succeeded quick by brighter still than they.
Pàgina 146 - That wave and glitter in the distant sun. When, if a sudden gust of wind arise, The brittle forest into atoms flies: The crackling wood beneath the tempest bends, And in a spangled shower the prospect ends...
Pàgina 41 - Other combustibles ; it consumes none while idle ; it never tires, and wants no sleep ; it is not subject to malady when originally well made, and only refuses to work when worn out with age ; it is equally active in all climates, and will do work of any kind...
Pàgina 41 - In the present perfect state of the engine, it appears a thing almost endowed with intelligence. It regulates with perfect accuracy and uniformity the number of its strokes in a given time, counting or recording them moreover, to tell how much work it has done, as a clock records the beats of its pendulum ; it regulates the quantity of steam admitted to work ; the briskness of the fire ; the supply of water to the boiler ; the supply of coals to the fire...
Pàgina 148 - After a northerly wind, for the most of two months or more, and then coming south, there are usually three or four fair days at first, and then on the fourth or fifth day comes rain, or else the wind turns north again and continues dry.
Pàgina 111 - Earth, sand, gravel, stones, and other transported matter which has been washed away and thrown down by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas.
Pàgina 500 - March hack ham, comes in like a lion, goes out like a lamb. A bushel of March dust is worth a king's ransom. March grass never did good. A windy March and a rainy April make a beautiful May.
Pàgina 41 - ... originally well made, and only refuses to work when worn out with age ; it is equally active in all climates, and will do work of any kind ; it is a water-pumper, a miner, a sailor, a cottonspinner, a weaver, a blacksmith, a miller, &c.
Pàgina 585 - ... drought, and destitute of all vegetation, except that of a few thistles. A square foot of the dead turf being dug up...