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... barley near the ground , resembled our common sickles . We are informed by Pliny and Palladius , that , in the south of Gaul , a reaping- machine had been invented , which , from their description , was not unlike some modern attempts ...
... barley near the ground , resembled our common sickles . We are informed by Pliny and Palladius , that , in the south of Gaul , a reaping- machine had been invented , which , from their description , was not unlike some modern attempts ...
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... barley are cultivated in that district - barley , with two rows of grain in the ear , and Scotch bear , which , with a shorter ear , has six rows , generally double the number of grains , but smaller , and ripening earlier in colder ...
... barley are cultivated in that district - barley , with two rows of grain in the ear , and Scotch bear , which , with a shorter ear , has six rows , generally double the number of grains , but smaller , and ripening earlier in colder ...
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... barley will not grow within the Tropics , while , with nume- rous individuals , the contrary is the case , they will bear a re- moval to a colder climate , where the frosts of winter are often accompanied with snow , which shelters the ...
... barley will not grow within the Tropics , while , with nume- rous individuals , the contrary is the case , they will bear a re- moval to a colder climate , where the frosts of winter are often accompanied with snow , which shelters the ...
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... barley . This , together with the rain which fell while the grain was cut , and before it could be carried to the stackyard , have , in many cases , given these grains a coarse and discoloured appearance ; but from the low temperature ...
... barley . This , together with the rain which fell while the grain was cut , and before it could be carried to the stackyard , have , in many cases , given these grains a coarse and discoloured appearance ; but from the low temperature ...
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... Barley . Oats . Rye . Peas . Beans . Date . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Peas . Beans . 36 11 8. d . 8. d . 8. d . 8. d . s . d . July 6 . 70 4 30 5 13. 68 4 8. d . 8. d . 25 0 33 1 37 9 38 2 July 3 . 67 11 24 0 32 4 37 3 36 9 10 . 68 94 8 ...
... Barley . Oats . Rye . Peas . Beans . Date . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Peas . Beans . 36 11 8. d . 8. d . 8. d . 8. d . s . d . July 6 . 70 4 30 5 13. 68 4 8. d . 8. d . 25 0 33 1 37 9 38 2 July 3 . 67 11 24 0 32 4 37 3 36 9 10 . 68 94 8 ...
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Page 671 - There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 145 - THERE is a wonderful spirit of sociality in the brute creation, independent of sexual attachment: the congregating of gregarious birds in the winter is a remarkable instance. Many horses, though quiet with company, will not stay one minute in a field by themselves : the strongest fences cannot restrain them. My neighbour's horse...
Page 145 - These two incongruous animals spent much of their time together in a lonely orchard, where they saw no creature but each other. By degrees an apparent regard began to take place between these two sequestered individuals. The fowl would approach the quadruped with notes of complacency, rubbing herself gently against his legs ; while the horse would look down with satisfaction, and move with the greatest caution and circumspection, lest he should trample on his diminutive companion.
Page 145 - The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of much more consequence, and have much more influence in the economy of Nature, than the incurious are aware of; and are mighty in their effect, from their minuteness, which renders them less an object of attention ; and from their numbers and fecundity. Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of Nature, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm.
Page 146 - Gardeners and farmers express their detestation of worms; the former because they render their walks unsightly and make them much work: and the latter because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these men would find that the earth without worms would soon become cold, hard-bound, and void of fermentation; and consequently sterile...
Page 879 - And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
Page 145 - Lands that are subject to frequent inundations are always poor ; and probably the reason may be because the worms are drowned. The most insignificant insects and reptiles are of much more consequence, and have much more influence in the oeconomy of nature, than the incurious are aware of...
Page 880 - ... saw a pointer. When she came on the cold scent of game, she slackened her trot, and gradually dropped her ears and tail, till she was certain, and then fell down on her knees. So staunch was she, that she would frequently remain five minutes and upwards on her point.
Page 307 - ... object of their operations, I have found many heads of plantains, the little autumnal dandelions, and other plants, drawn out of the ground and scattered about, their roots having been eaten off by a grub, leaving only a crown of leaves upon the surface. This grub beneath, in the earth, the rooks had detected in their flight, and descended to feed on it. first pulling up the plant which concealed it, and then drawing the larvae from their holes.
Page 146 - For, to say nothing of half the .birds, >and some quadrupeds, which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it, and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm- casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine...