Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of EnglandRoyal Agricultural Society of England, 1870 - Agriculture Vols. for 1933- include the societys Farmers' guide to agricultural research. |
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... condition of the English workman must have greatly improved , for the increase of population will not account for the immensely increased consumption . " The season in the Cork market nominally begins in April , when the cows begin to ...
... condition of the English workman must have greatly improved , for the increase of population will not account for the immensely increased consumption . " The season in the Cork market nominally begins in April , when the cows begin to ...
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... condition , and the length of the solar day , combine to advance the ripening of the corn - crops , and thus leave the land vacant a little earlier . This fact is tolerably well known , but it may be useful here to state its cause . All ...
... condition , and the length of the solar day , combine to advance the ripening of the corn - crops , and thus leave the land vacant a little earlier . This fact is tolerably well known , but it may be useful here to state its cause . All ...
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... condition of the homestead reflects that of the farmer , in mind , body , and estate . 66 The farms also have their peculiarities . In the light - land districts the fields are little narrow strips , their surfaces frequently because ...
... condition of the homestead reflects that of the farmer , in mind , body , and estate . 66 The farms also have their peculiarities . In the light - land districts the fields are little narrow strips , their surfaces frequently because ...
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... condition . Throughout Belgium we noticed that the grain crops were not harvested soon enough . They are allowed to get dead ripe , so that a large quantity of grain is necessarily shed . In the month of September , the fields present a ...
... condition . Throughout Belgium we noticed that the grain crops were not harvested soon enough . They are allowed to get dead ripe , so that a large quantity of grain is necessarily shed . In the month of September , the fields present a ...
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... his farm in that admirable condition which we read is general in la petite culture , but which we found exceptional . Calves are fattened in some districts , the food consisting Report on the Agriculture of Belgium . 29.
... his farm in that admirable condition which we read is general in la petite culture , but which we found exceptional . Calves are fattened in some districts , the food consisting Report on the Agriculture of Belgium . 29.
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Page 66 - The days of our age are threescore years and ten ; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years, yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow ; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.
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