The Farmer's Encyclopædia, and Dictionary of Rural Affairs: Embracing All the Most Recent Discoveries in Agricultural Chemistry, Volume 1Carey and Hart, 1844 - 1165 pages |
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... appear to be determined by the na- tural wants of the plant , but the facility is less The wood tends not only to absorb the water by its transverse section , but also lengthways . Thus we placed in water ( ibid . , p . 4 ) a branch of ...
... appear to be determined by the na- tural wants of the plant , but the facility is less The wood tends not only to absorb the water by its transverse section , but also lengthways . Thus we placed in water ( ibid . , p . 4 ) a branch of ...
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... appears to give a much freer passage to the juices than that which had been uninjured . Thus plants can only live for ... appear more intimately connected with the ascent of the sap than with its suction . Absorption varies according to ...
... appears to give a much freer passage to the juices than that which had been uninjured . Thus plants can only live for ... appear more intimately connected with the ascent of the sap than with its suction . Absorption varies according to ...
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... appear are the foal - teeth , which generally begin to show themselves a month or two after foaling ; they are twelve in number , six above and six below , and are easily distinguished from the teeth that come afterwards , by their ...
... appear are the foal - teeth , which generally begin to show themselves a month or two after foaling ; they are twelve in number , six above and six below , and are easily distinguished from the teeth that come afterwards , by their ...
Page 30
... appear , and at first but just equal with the gums , being filled with flesh in the middle . The tushes are also by this time grown to a more distinct size , though not very large : they likewise continue rough and sharp on the top and ...
... appear , and at first but just equal with the gums , being filled with flesh in the middle . The tushes are also by this time grown to a more distinct size , though not very large : they likewise continue rough and sharp on the top and ...
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... appear to be the least valuable of the bent grasses that have been mentioned . The cultivation of a grass of this ... appears , ac- cording to the information afforded by Mr. Curtis , to be chiefly confined to the sea coasts . It grows ...
... appear to be the least valuable of the bent grasses that have been mentioned . The cultivation of a grass of this ... appears , ac- cording to the information afforded by Mr. Curtis , to be chiefly confined to the sea coasts . It grows ...
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Page 131 - ... shall be guilty of felony ; and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the seas for life, *or for any term not less than seven years, or to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding four years : and, if a male, to be once, twice, or thrice publicly or privately whipped (if the Court shall so think fit,) in addition to such imprisonment...
Page 32 - For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff", and the cummin with a rod.
Page 33 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, Till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land...
Page 91 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Page 31 - The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle.
Page 351 - Proclamations for the prices of victuals, viz., the prizing of them, and proclaiming the prices," which recites, " Forasmuch as dearth, scarcity, good, cheap, and plenty of cheese, butter, capons, hens, chickens, and other victuals necessary for man's sustenance, happeneth, riseth, and chanceth, of so many and divers occasions that it is very hard and difficult to put any certain prices to any such things...
Page 199 - The most easy and practical mode of effecting their division is, to pour over the bones, in a state of fine powder, half of their weight of sulphuric acid diluted with three or four parts of water...
Page 78 - All the rain-water employed in this inquiry was collected 600 paces southwest of Giessen, whilst the wind was blowing in the direction of the town. When several hundred pounds of it were distilled in a copper still, and the first two or three pounds evaporated with the addition of a little muriatic acid, a very distinct crystallization of sal-ammoniac was obtained : the crystals had always a brown or yellow color.
Page 38 - And to go or ride to the market to sell butter, cheese, milk, eggs, chickens, capons, hens, pigs, geese and all manner of corns.
Page 277 - During the months of July and August, there may be found on apple-trees and rose-bushes, and sometimes on other trees and shrubs, little slender caterpillars (Plate VII. Fig. 1), of a bright yellow color, sparingly clothed with long and fine yellow hairs on the sides of the body, and having four short and thick brush-like yellowish tufts on the back, that is on the fourth and three following rings, two long black plumes or pencils extending forwards from the first ring, and a single plume on the...