The Farmer's MagazineRogerson and Tuxford, 1861 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 100
עמוד 4
... tons . By this record the farmer will see how much the relative evaporation and filtration of the rain - water varies at different seasons of the year , and , as might be reasonably concluded , its annual amount also ; and he will note ...
... tons . By this record the farmer will see how much the relative evaporation and filtration of the rain - water varies at different seasons of the year , and , as might be reasonably concluded , its annual amount also ; and he will note ...
עמוד 6
... tons of water per acre . The drains just began to trickle on the 27th of November , after a fall of half an inch of rain ( 540 ) . The test holes in the land showed that the soil was rapidly feed- ing itself , and that the water - level ...
... tons of water per acre . The drains just began to trickle on the 27th of November , after a fall of half an inch of rain ( 540 ) . The test holes in the land showed that the soil was rapidly feed- ing itself , and that the water - level ...
עמוד 24
... tons 1 cwt . usual , the quality of the roots was very superior to that of Messrs . Rand's , of Layham , on their fen farm , came out those which have been placed on the tables during the last 32 tons 11 cwt . , the nett weight being 23 ...
... tons 1 cwt . usual , the quality of the roots was very superior to that of Messrs . Rand's , of Layham , on their fen farm , came out those which have been placed on the tables during the last 32 tons 11 cwt . , the nett weight being 23 ...
עמוד 25
... tons 13 cwt , with their tops . The next , which won the prize , were Mr. Jas . Norman's , they weighing 19 tons 13 cwt . They were not very well hoed out , and in an ordinary season the judges would not have thought of giving them a ...
... tons 13 cwt , with their tops . The next , which won the prize , were Mr. Jas . Norman's , they weighing 19 tons 13 cwt . They were not very well hoed out , and in an ordinary season the judges would not have thought of giving them a ...
עמוד 26
... tons per acre of well - made farmyard manure ; but he attributed the result quite as much to its being a good stock of turnips as to the cultivation . For quality he never saw better ; and he never found his sheep thriving more than at ...
... tons per acre of well - made farmyard manure ; but he attributed the result quite as much to its being a good stock of turnips as to the cultivation . For quality he never saw better ; and he never found his sheep thriving more than at ...
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 234 - Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.
עמוד 190 - Merchants are commonly ambitious of becoming country gentlemen, and when they do, they are generally the best of all improvers. A merchant is accustomed to employ his money chiefly in profitable projects; whereas a mere country gentleman is accustomed to employ it chiefly in expence.
עמוד 186 - The real value of the landlord's share, his real command of the labour of other people, not only rises with the real value of the produce, but the proportion of his share to the whole produce rises with it.
עמוד 190 - Thirdly, and lastly, commerce and manufactures gradually introduced order and good government, and with them the liberty and security of individuals, among the inhabitants of the country, who had before lived almost in a continual state of war with their neighbors, and of servile dependency upon their superiors.
עמוד 185 - WHEN the German and Scythian nations overran the western provinces of the Roman empire, the confusions which followed so great a revolution lasted for several centuries. The rapine and violence which the barbarians exercised against the ancient inhabitants interrupted the commerce between the towns and the country. The towns were deserted...
עמוד 186 - Every improvement in the circumstances of the society tends either directly or indirectly to raise the real rent of land, to increase the real wealth of the landlord, his power of purchasing the labour, or the produce of the labour of other people.
עמוד 138 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
עמוד 232 - By this time they are heavily laden with vapour, which they continue to bear along across the continent, depositing it as they go, and supplying with it the sources of the Rio de la Plata, and the southern tributaries of the Amazon. Finally, they reach the snow-capped Andes, and here is wrung from them the last particle of moisture that that very low temperature can extract.
עמוד 129 - GENTLY stir, and blow the fire, Lay the mutton down to roast ; Dress it quickly, I desire ; In the dripping put a toast, That I hunger may remove ; Mutton is the meat I love. On the dresser see it lie, Oh ! the charming white and red ! Finer meat ne'er met my eye, On the sweetest grass it fed : Let the jack go quickly round, Let me have it nicely brown'd.
עמוד 190 - A merchant is commonly a bold ; a country gentleman, a timid undertaker. The one is not afraid to lay out at once a large capital upon the improvement of his land, when he has a probable prospect of raising the value of it in proportion to the expence.