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Page xxi
... present , when the stiff figures of 1328. , 1208. , and 1058. , have to be paid , with every prospect of a further advance . That the summer was favourable for the production of butter in Ireland will be apparent from the fact that ...
... present , when the stiff figures of 1328. , 1208. , and 1058. , have to be paid , with every prospect of a further advance . That the summer was favourable for the production of butter in Ireland will be apparent from the fact that ...
Page xxxv
... a similar decline on both qualities is to be noted . A continuance of the present mild weather will bring forward large supplies , and purchasers who have not yet secured some months ' stock would do well in laying by some of the ( XXXV )
... a similar decline on both qualities is to be noted . A continuance of the present mild weather will bring forward large supplies , and purchasers who have not yet secured some months ' stock would do well in laying by some of the ( XXXV )
Page 21
... present a remarkably green aspect , due entirely to the sprouting of shed corn , and it was with difficulty that we understood the ordinary custom of the country to be identified with so wasteful a practice . Wheat is very subject to be ...
... present a remarkably green aspect , due entirely to the sprouting of shed corn , and it was with difficulty that we understood the ordinary custom of the country to be identified with so wasteful a practice . Wheat is very subject to be ...
Page 46
... present followed in Belgium , one in the open air , called " rural steeping , " and the other in covered barns , called " manufacturier , " or American . The rural system is subdivided into steeping by dew and steeping in rivers . The ...
... present followed in Belgium , one in the open air , called " rural steeping , " and the other in covered barns , called " manufacturier , " or American . The rural system is subdivided into steeping by dew and steeping in rivers . The ...
Page 67
... present lost or badly employed , on account of the state of the water - courses . Irrigation would then develop itself in a manner quite impossible at the present time . Sewage water has not been used for irrigation in Belgium up to the ...
... present lost or badly employed , on account of the state of the water - courses . Irrigation would then develop itself in a manner quite impossible at the present time . Sewage water has not been used for irrigation in Belgium up to the ...
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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.
Page 567 - Society ;" and for the purposes aforesaid, and by the name aforesaid, shall have perpetual succession and a Common Seal, with full power and authority to alter, vary break, and renew the same at their discretion, and by the same name, to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be -answered unto...