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... to all who may have such pens , the sweepings of your dwelling - yard - the slops | lands , to make arrangements to purchase lime , or marl , the approaching autumn , so that they may 4 VOL . IV . NO . 1 . THE AMERICAN FARMER .
... to all who may have such pens , the sweepings of your dwelling - yard - the slops | lands , to make arrangements to purchase lime , or marl , the approaching autumn , so that they may 4 VOL . IV . NO . 1 . THE AMERICAN FARMER .
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... purchases . A farmer can well af- ford to pay interest on money borrowed to purchase lime , marl , or ashes , though there are but few other farming outlays that would justify a loan and the payment of interest . We have thus delineated ...
... purchases . A farmer can well af- ford to pay interest on money borrowed to purchase lime , marl , or ashes , though there are but few other farming outlays that would justify a loan and the payment of interest . We have thus delineated ...
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... purchased both descriptions of lime , with the view of applying them to his lands ; and as sufficient time had ... purchase , but from the imperfect application of the lime , and from the omission of his tenant to apply it : and we ...
... purchased both descriptions of lime , with the view of applying them to his lands ; and as sufficient time had ... purchase , but from the imperfect application of the lime , and from the omission of his tenant to apply it : and we ...
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... purchased in Norfolk 1500 economical improver of old " worn out lands . " Do bushels of leached ashes at a cost , when delivered at not , however , understand from this that my confi- his shore , of about 11 cents a bushel . It was too ...
... purchased in Norfolk 1500 economical improver of old " worn out lands . " Do bushels of leached ashes at a cost , when delivered at not , however , understand from this that my confi- his shore , of about 11 cents a bushel . It was too ...
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... purchase of chemical implements and materials the said chemist shall be allowed for the first year the sum of $ 200 in advance , and on each succeeding year a sum not exceeding $ 50 , out of such moneys as may be in the treasury , and ...
... purchase of chemical implements and materials the said chemist shall be allowed for the first year the sum of $ 200 in advance , and on each succeeding year a sum not exceeding $ 50 , out of such moneys as may be in the treasury , and ...
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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.