The Farmer's MagazineRogerson and Tuxford, 1850 |
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90. oldal
... kind the Kirkleavington stock of course commanded proportionately high prices . Mr. Bates was con- stantly in the habit of letting his bulls at sums varying from one to three hundred guineas each , and of selling calves of but a few ...
... kind the Kirkleavington stock of course commanded proportionately high prices . Mr. Bates was con- stantly in the habit of letting his bulls at sums varying from one to three hundred guineas each , and of selling calves of but a few ...
91. oldal
... kind . Sometimes his turnips were defective , or his bean stubbles not so clean as they might be ; but the nature of the cold and sterile soil should be taken into consideration , and the difficulties of overcoming natural hindrances ...
... kind . Sometimes his turnips were defective , or his bean stubbles not so clean as they might be ; but the nature of the cold and sterile soil should be taken into consideration , and the difficulties of overcoming natural hindrances ...
93. oldal
... kind and number of crops as before in the twelve years , and I find this a more improving rotation than the last , and keeps the land cleaner and in greater heart , viz : -1st , bare fallow ; 2nd , wheat ; 3rd , sheep pasture ; 4th ...
... kind and number of crops as before in the twelve years , and I find this a more improving rotation than the last , and keeps the land cleaner and in greater heart , viz : -1st , bare fallow ; 2nd , wheat ; 3rd , sheep pasture ; 4th ...
97. oldal
... kind and temperament - must contain , or the outside of a window sheltered from rain . After receive from natural sources , more or less of nu- ten weeks the 100 parts of mint so placed weighed trimental elements ; yet still in a form ...
... kind and temperament - must contain , or the outside of a window sheltered from rain . After receive from natural sources , more or less of nu- ten weeks the 100 parts of mint so placed weighed trimental elements ; yet still in a form ...
98. oldal
... kind and facilitating these , in fact , that the farmer can has been long exposed to the influence of air and successfully cultivate the earth , and stock it with water , the lime and the potash contained in its con- useful , healthy ...
... kind and facilitating these , in fact , that the farmer can has been long exposed to the influence of air and successfully cultivate the earth , and stock it with water , the lime and the potash contained in its con- useful , healthy ...
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232. oldal - Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
498. oldal - ... we are living at a period of most wonderful' transition, which tends rapidly to accomplish that great end to which, indeed, all history points — the realization of the unity of mankind. Not a unity which breaks down the limits and levels the peculiar characteristics of the different nations of the earth, but rather a unity, the result and product of those very national varieties and antagonistic qualities.
498. oldal - Nobody, however, who has paid any attention to the peculiar features of our present era, will doubt for a moment that we are living at a period of most wonderful transition, which tends rapidly to accomplish that great end, to which, indeed, all history points — the realization of the unity of mankind.
263. oldal - not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
136. oldal - Accustomed to trace the operation of general causes, and the exemplification of general laws, in circumstances where the uninformed and uninquiring eye perceives neither novelty nor beauty, he walks in the midst of wonders : every object which falls in his way elucidates some principle, affords some instruction, and impresses him with a sense of harmony and order.
131. oldal - Flori-cultural society, very numerously attended, but now extinct. The weavers were almost the only botanists of their day in the metropolis. They passed their leisure hours, and generally the whole family dined on Sundays, at the little gardens in the environs of London, now mostly built upon, in small rooms about the size of modern omnibuses (1840) with a fireplace at the end.
224. oldal - Book of the Farm" has been successfully brought out, and, as a practical work, we scarcely expect to see it exceeded. Several agricultural cyclopaedias, with their immense mass of information, have also been issued : the Farmers' Magazine, the Journal of Agriculture, and Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society, with the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, have each contributed towards the spread of sound practical and scientific knowledge. Nor must we omit to mention with respect...
136. oldal - A thousand subjects of inquiry are continually arising in his mind, which keep his faculties in constant exercise, and his thoughts perpetually on the wing, so that lassitude is excluded from his life, and that craving after artificial excitement and dissipation of mind, which leads so many into frivolous, unworthy, and destructive pursuits, is altogether eradicated from his bosom.
100. oldal - It often happens, that soils are found in an unaltered state upon the rocks from which they were derived. It is easy to form an idea of the manner in which rocks are converted into soils, by referring to the instance of soft granite, or porcelain granite. This substance consists of three ingredients, quartz, feldspar, and mica. The quartz is almost pure siliceous earth, in a crystalline form. The feldspar and mica are very compounded substances ; both contain silica, alumina, and oxide of iron :...
436. oldal - ... pressure. On a particular day, the 9th of February, 1832, the weight of the air suddenly appeared to rise above the usual standard. As the rise was at the time supposed to be the result of some accidental error, or of some derangement in the apparatus employed ; in order to discover its cause, the succeeding observations were made with the most rigid scrutiny. But no error or derangement whatever could be detected. On the days immediately following, the weight of the air still continued above...