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... remarks on 438 Appomattox upper , advantages of improving the navi- gation of 572 - report of the engineer thereon 573 Apprentices to farming recommended 161 Army worm , account of its habits and devastations 420 Artesian or overflowing ...
... remarks on 438 Appomattox upper , advantages of improving the navi- gation of 572 - report of the engineer thereon 573 Apprentices to farming recommended 161 Army worm , account of its habits and devastations 420 Artesian or overflowing ...
Página iv
... remarks on sprouting the seed 536 - transplant- ing for hedges 536 - hedges of , management of , by John Taylor of Caroline 536 - on raising them from the seed , and transplanting 640 Celery , the mode of cultivation directed 603 Cement ...
... remarks on sprouting the seed 536 - transplant- ing for hedges 536 - hedges of , management of , by John Taylor of Caroline 536 - on raising them from the seed , and transplanting 640 Celery , the mode of cultivation directed 603 Cement ...
Página v
... remarks on 59 Drag log , or drag - roller 751 Draught , treatise on the principles of 623 Dried fruit , to preserve from insects 533 Ducks , success of plan of raising 409 , [ see plan in Vol . I. ] Dupuy , W. J. on the suitableness of ...
... remarks on 59 Drag log , or drag - roller 751 Draught , treatise on the principles of 623 Dried fruit , to preserve from insects 533 Ducks , success of plan of raising 409 , [ see plan in Vol . I. ] Dupuy , W. J. on the suitableness of ...
Página vi
... remarks on its state and prospects on closing the 2nd volume 764 Farming in the Valley of Virginia , on the lands of ... remarks on the supposed loss caused to the corn by the usual mode of gathering 485 ; ex- periment on 486 ; remarks ...
... remarks on its state and prospects on closing the 2nd volume 764 Farming in the Valley of Virginia , on the lands of ... remarks on the supposed loss caused to the corn by the usual mode of gathering 485 ; ex- periment on 486 ; remarks ...
Página vii
... remarks on its supposed inefficacy in such places 141 ; effects of its being exposed to the weather 602 ; and to heat 603 , 623 ; easily reduced to powder by burning 631 ; premium offered in France to test the propriety of the practice ...
... remarks on its supposed inefficacy in such places 141 ; effects of its being exposed to the weather 602 ; and to heat 603 , 623 ; easily reduced to powder by burning 631 ; premium offered in France to test the propriety of the practice ...
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Página i - And he gave it for his opinion, " That whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Página 299 - Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave them rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling their hearts with food and gladness.
Página 194 - If any person come near the calves, they clap their heads close to the ground, and lie like a hare in form to hide themselves.
Página 107 - When, said he, I was building my first steam-boat at New York, the project was viewed by the public either with indifference or with contempt, as a visionary scheme. My friends, indeed, were civil, but they were shy. They listened with patience to my explanations, but with a settled cast of incredulity on their countenances. I felt the full force of the lamentation of the poet, • " Truths would you teach, to save a sinking land, All shun, none aid you, and few understand.
Página 11 - Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent Tobacco, which goes far beyond all their panaceas, potable gold, and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases. A good vomit, I confess, a virtuous herb if it be well qualified, opportunely taken, and medicinally used, but, as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as Tinkers do Ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health, hellish, devilish and damned Tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul.
Página 372 - I have been ten years learning every head in my parish, and obtaining an inventory of their moral, intellectual, and domestic wants ; I have laid my plan. I must have ten years to carry it into execution, and the ten following to correct their faults and vices.
Página 20 - That as they admit of greater breadth of tire than other carriages, and as the roads are not acted on so injuriously as by the feet of horses in common draught, such carriages will cause less wear of roads than carriages drawn by horses." " 9. That rates of toll have been imposed on steam carriages which would prohibit their being used on several lines of roads, were such charges permitted to remain unaltered.
Página 113 - ... constant excess of the market rate of interest above the rate limited by law, they have added to the expense incurred by borrowers on real security ; and that such borrowers have been compelled to resort to the mode of granting annuities on lives, — a mode which has been made a cover for obtaining higher interest than the rate limited by law, and has further subjected the borrowers to enormous charges, or forced them to make very disadvantageous sales of their estates.
Página 183 - Unfixt, is in a verdant ocean lost. Another Flora there, of bolder hues, And richer sweets, beyond our garden's pride, Plays o'er the fields, and showers with sudden hand Exuberant spring...
Página 194 - The principal external appearances which distinguish this breed of cattle from all others, are the following : Their colour is invariably white ; muzzles black ; the whole of the inside of the ear, and about one-third of the outside, from the tip downwards, red* ; horns white, with black tips, very fine, and bent upwards : some of the bulls have a thin upright mane, about an inch and a half or two inches long.