The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home FarmerJournal of Horticulture, 1881 |
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223. oldal - ... flock was made. Not having used any other blood on the male side for more than twenty years, I found some difficulty at first, when putting the firstproduce ram to the first-produce ewe, the lambs coming too small to suit my customers. To obviate this difficulty I drafted out the finest and...
223. oldal - Hampshire ewes by s sheep of Mr. Jonas Webb's. I use my own rams, and I also frequently purchase a few of the best Hampshire ewes I can get, put my own sheep to them and use their lambs. I also put a sheep of Mr. Humphrey's to some of the best of my ewes, and select rams from their produce, thus getting fresh blood without making an entire cross.
83. oldal - ... eau de Cologne. But .there are other uses which this esculent is turned to abroad. After extracting the farina the pulp is manufactured into ornamental articles, such as picture frames, snuff boxes and...
223. oldal - I commenced by drafting all the small and delicate ewes, and the remainder were crossed with rams of the Hampshire breed. I bred from their produce for two or three years, and then had another cross with the Hampshire, still continuing to cull defective ewes. After I had obtained considerable size from the infusion of the Hampshire blood, I had recourse to some rams bred by Mr. Humphrey of Chaddleworth, Berks, which were the produce of the biggest and strongest Hampshire ewes by a sheep of Mr.
16. oldal - Bee subjects, if they expect to get them answered promptly and conveniently, but write them on separate communications. Also never to send more than two or three questions at once.
223. oldal - Druce with the assertion that he found no difficulty to keep the form and size of the animal as it should be, the wool of a valuable quality and not deficient in quantity; and he maintained that the good qualities could be better secured by employing the cross-bred animals on both sides than by using the first cross.
79. oldal - ... expense. Correspondents should not mix up on the same sheet questions relating to Gardening and those on Poultry and Bee subjects, and should never send more than two or three questions at once. All articles intended for insertion should be written on one side of the paper only. We...
224. oldal - One pound of sulphate of iron, one ounce of sulphuric acid dissolved in a jug with hot water, then let it stand twenty-four hours, and add one gallon of spring water ; when fit for use, one teaspoonful to a pint of water given every other day to chickens and once a week to old fowls, will make roup and gapes entirely a stranger to your yards.
77. oldal - Celery 13 in June, July, September, October, and November; for there are two or more broods of them in the course of the year. The grubs, though less frequently, are found doing similar damage to the leaves of Alexanders and Parsnips. When full grown, the grubs descend into the earth, and remain in the chrysalis state until the spring following, when they give birth to the fly. The Celery Fly may usually be found upon the leaves of the laurel, hovering over flowers and resting upon palings in the...
126. oldal - ... 4. Whatever may be the character of the marks or darker pencillings on the ground colour, they should be bright, dense, distinct, and retain their character, without running or flushing, that is, mixing with the ground colour.