A review of the reports to the Board of agriculture, 1. kötet |
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6. oldal
... frequently seen incumbent on a pebbly substratum ; such as abounds in various districts of that kingdom : in other parts , however , there are evi- dences of a more retentive subsoil , and cooler land . ---- The SEACOAST of ...
... frequently seen incumbent on a pebbly substratum ; such as abounds in various districts of that kingdom : in other parts , however , there are evi- dences of a more retentive subsoil , and cooler land . ---- The SEACOAST of ...
9. oldal
... frequently meet with lands of a like description ; particularly , in the wealds of Sussex and Kent : and with contracted plots of up , land , in various parts of the kingdom . The surface , notwithstanding its elevation , and its extent ...
... frequently meet with lands of a like description ; particularly , in the wealds of Sussex and Kent : and with contracted plots of up , land , in various parts of the kingdom . The surface , notwithstanding its elevation , and its extent ...
15. oldal
... frequently be seen there of a considerable depth ) , when there is none in the lower districts . The weather is very in- constant , but mostly runs in extremes . In the spring months , the cold , piercing , easterly winds are most ...
... frequently be seen there of a considerable depth ) , when there is none in the lower districts . The weather is very in- constant , but mostly runs in extremes . In the spring months , the cold , piercing , easterly winds are most ...
16. oldal
... frequently begins the first week in August ; while upon the cold backward soils and situations , oats will be often uncut the latter end of October , or beginning of November ; but the most general harvest is in September . " P. 21 ...
... frequently begins the first week in August ; while upon the cold backward soils and situations , oats will be often uncut the latter end of October , or beginning of November ; but the most general harvest is in September . " P. 21 ...
17. oldal
... frequently make their run in 48 hours . These vessels are from 70 to 120 tons burden ; on an average twelve men are employed in each vessel , ( ? ) and make about fourteen voyages in a year : and not less than 75 boats , and 300 ...
... frequently make their run in 48 hours . These vessels are from 70 to 120 tons burden ; on an average twelve men are employed in each vessel , ( ? ) and make about fourteen voyages in a year : and not less than 75 boats , and 300 ...
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A Review of the Reports to the Board of Agriculture William Humphrey Marshall Nincs elérhető előnézet - 2015 |
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174. oldal - seem to inherit with the estates of their ancestors, their notions of cultivating them, and are almost as much attached to the one as the other. They are rarely aspiring, and seem content with their situation; nor is luxury in any shape an object of their desires. Their little estates, which they cultivate with their own hands, produce almost every necessary article of food; and clothing they in part manufacture for themselves.
55. oldal - An ESSAY on the CONSTRUCTION of the PLOUGH, deduced from mathematical principles;
85. oldal - ... off with equal speed, but not to the same distance; forming a shorter circle and again returning with a bolder and more threatening aspect than before, they approach much nearer, probably within thirty yards, when they make another stand, and again fly off; this they do several times, shortening their distance and advancing nearer till they come within ten yards, when most people think it prudent to leave them, not choosing to provoke them further ; for there is little doubt but in two or three...
85. oldal - The mode of killing them was perhaps the only modern remains of the grandeur of ancient hunting. On notice being given that a wild bull would be killed on a certain day, the inhabitants of the neighbourhood...
xx. oldal - Economy, the arbitrary lines of counties are to be wholely disregarded. For if any plan was observed in determining the outlines of provinces, in this island, it certainly had no reference, or alliance whatever, to agriculture ; unless it •were to divide, between opposing claimants, the natural districts, which required to be studied, separately, and entire* Natural, not fortuitous, lines are requisite to be traced, agricultural, not political, distinctions are to be regarded.
86. oldal - ... a few steps, and bolted at his legs with all its force ; it then began to paw again, bellowed, stepped back, and bolted as before; but...
84. oldal - Their colour is invariably white ; muzzles black ; the whole of the inside of the ear, and about one-third of the outside, from the tip downwards, red* ; horns white, with black tips, very fine, and bent upwards : some of the bulls have a thin upright mane, about an inch and a half or two inches long.
249. oldal - The advance of wages, and the preference given to the manufacturing employment, by laborers in general, where they may work by the piece, and under cover, have induced many to forsake the spade for the shuttle, and have embarrassed the farmers, by the scarcity of workmen, and of course advanced the price of labour.
217. oldal - The following observations contain the reason for this belief. If profit is considered, every tree of every kind ought to be cut down and sold, when the annual increase in value of the tree, by its growth, is...
123. oldal - ... watershaken, with here and there spots of gravel interspersed ; but these are of small extent, the middle of none of them being half a mile from clay. The hills between the sea, and an imaginary line drawn from...