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... fed on the grass , and that butter - tainting food , the turnip , is no longer needed . 1868 had an unusually dry summer , and very high prices prevailed in consequence , the make of butter being deficient ; the season 1869 , therefore ...
... fed on the grass , and that butter - tainting food , the turnip , is no longer needed . 1868 had an unusually dry summer , and very high prices prevailed in consequence , the make of butter being deficient ; the season 1869 , therefore ...
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... feeding and meadow land , while the latter is almost exclusively devoted to the growth of corn . In climate , the Polder - region resembles the adjoining portion of Flanders , differing only to such an extent as may be caused by the in ...
... feeding and meadow land , while the latter is almost exclusively devoted to the growth of corn . In climate , the Polder - region resembles the adjoining portion of Flanders , differing only to such an extent as may be caused by the in ...
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... fed on soup , clover , and grass , would sell for quite as much as that from feeding beasts , even if they were given a large quantity of linseed- cake . The heaviest dressing of manure is habitually given for potatoes , generally 20 ...
... fed on soup , clover , and grass , would sell for quite as much as that from feeding beasts , even if they were given a large quantity of linseed- cake . The heaviest dressing of manure is habitually given for potatoes , generally 20 ...
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... fed on them . A good crop of carrots in wheat will weigh about 8 tons per acre , but in flax they yield a larger crop . Where many carrots are grown , a few draft cows are fed off , as these roots are found more productive of fat than ...
... fed on them . A good crop of carrots in wheat will weigh about 8 tons per acre , but in flax they yield a larger crop . Where many carrots are grown , a few draft cows are fed off , as these roots are found more productive of fat than ...
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... fed by the produce of the farm . We quote this little episode to show that statements made in good faith , by even well - informed men , must , in the ab- sence of ... feeding land - irrigated Report on the Agriculture of Belgium . 23.
... fed by the produce of the farm . We quote this little episode to show that statements made in good faith , by even well - informed men , must , in the ab- sence of ... feeding land - irrigated Report on the Agriculture of Belgium . 23.
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Page 106 - 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.
Page 418 - Report of the Commissioners appointed in 1868 to inquire into the best means of preventing the pollution of Rivers (Mersey and Ribble basins).
Page 85 - Commission on the employment of children, young persons, and women in agriculture — "fearful to contemplate.
Page 567 - And We do hereby grant our especial licence and authority unto all and every person and persons, bodies politic and corporate, (otherwise competent,) to grant, sell, alien, and convey in mortmain, unto and to the use of the said Society, and their successors, any messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, not exceeding such annual value as aforesaid.
Page 567 - VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith; to all to whom these presents shall come greeting...
Page 197 - That whoever shall knowingly sell to any person or persons, or sell, deliver, or bring to be manufactured to any cheese or butter manufactory in this State, any milk diluted with water, or in any way adulterated, or milk from which any cream has been taken, or milk commonly known as "skimmed milk," or shall keep back any part of the milk known as "strippings,.
Page lxviii - Kent, has been elected a Member of Council to fill the vacancy caused by the election of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, KG, as a Vice-President.
Page 567 - ... to make it fit into the wooden box, invert the open box over it, press down firmly, then pass a spade under the box and lift it up, gently turn over the box, nail on the lid, and send by rail.
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