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... fact , that Col. C. had carried on his improvements with a vigorous hand - with a judicious and enlightened head , -for we saw luxuriant crops growing , where , only a few years before , barren clays and those em- blems of poor soils ...
... fact , that Col. C. had carried on his improvements with a vigorous hand - with a judicious and enlightened head , -for we saw luxuriant crops growing , where , only a few years before , barren clays and those em- blems of poor soils ...
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... fact , that , if a landholder wants his land ruined , the most easy way to attain his end is , to rent it out . The village contains 2 cotton mills , 1 foundry , 1 machine shop , 4 churches , a lyceum , a ball room , and about 250 ...
... fact , that , if a landholder wants his land ruined , the most easy way to attain his end is , to rent it out . The village contains 2 cotton mills , 1 foundry , 1 machine shop , 4 churches , a lyceum , a ball room , and about 250 ...
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... fact would have more influence with my mind , than the successful application of magnesian lime on a thousand farms . Through the politeness of Mr. Carmichael , of Queen Anne's , I have obtained a specimen of soil from his field which ...
... fact would have more influence with my mind , than the successful application of magnesian lime on a thousand farms . Through the politeness of Mr. Carmichael , of Queen Anne's , I have obtained a specimen of soil from his field which ...
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... fact of the general principle having oats are sown . The ground is checked out occasion- ally 4 feet by 4 , more generally 4 by 4 , and occa- sionally 4 by 4 , or 31 by 5 feet . It is sometimes planted as soon as the latter end of March ...
... fact of the general principle having oats are sown . The ground is checked out occasion- ally 4 feet by 4 , more generally 4 by 4 , and occa- sionally 4 by 4 , or 31 by 5 feet . It is sometimes planted as soon as the latter end of March ...
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... fact , the system of self - renovation and permanent improve- ment by its own growth is the system which has ap- proved itself to the practical wisdom of thousands of improvers for years past , and which must be main- ly relied upon ...
... fact , the system of self - renovation and permanent improve- ment by its own growth is the system which has ap- proved itself to the practical wisdom of thousands of improvers for years past , and which must be main- ly relied upon ...
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Página 113 - 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 262 - It retains its brilliancy for many years. There is nothing of the kind that will compare with it, either for inside or outside walls.
Página 391 - ... expelled by the roots, and returned to the soil as excrements. Now as excrements cannot be assimilated by the plant which ejected them, the more of these matters which the soil contains, the more unfertile must it be for the plants of the same species.
Página 164 - For every man's land is, in the eye of the law, enclosed and set apart from his neighbor's; and that either by a visible and material fence, as one field is divided from another by a hedge, or by an ideal, invisible boundary, existing only in the contemplation of law, as when one man's land adjoins to another's in the same field.
Página 391 - In some neighbourhoods, clover will not thrive till the sixth year ; in others not till the twelfth ; flax in the second or third year. All this depends on the chemical nature of the soil ; for it has been found by experience, that in those districts where the intervals at which the same plants can be cultivated with advantage, are very long, the time cannot be shortened even by the use of the most powerful manures. The destruction of the peculiar excrements of one crop must have taken place before...
Página 298 - ... one hundred parts of water, and sprinkle this mixture over the field before the plough. In a few seconds, the free acids unite with the bases contained in the earth, and a neutral salt is formed in a very fine state of division.
Página 261 - Take half a bushel of nice unslacked lime, slack it with boiling water, cover it during the process to keep in the steam. Strain the liquid through a fine sieve or strainer, and add to it a peck of salt, previously well dissolved in warm water; three pounds of ground rice, boiled to a thin paste, and stirred in boiling hot; half a pound of powdered Spanish whiting, and a pound of clean glue, which has been...
Página 261 - Spanish whiting, and a pound of clean glue, which has been previously dissolved by first soaking it well, and then hanging it over a slow fire, in a small kettle, within a large one filled with water. Add five gallons of hot water to the whole mixture; stir it well, and let it stand a few days covered from the dirt.
Página 176 - York city, offered the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : — Resolved, That the thanks of the...
Página 262 - We have been told that green must not be mixed with lime. The lime destroys the color, and the color has an effect on the whitewash, which makes it crack and peel. When walls have been badly smoked, and you wish to have them a clean white, it is well to squeeze indigo plentifully through a bag into the water you use, before it is stirred in the whole mixture. If a larger quantity than five gallons be wanted, the same proportion should be observed.