American FarmerJohn S. Skinner, 1866 |
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Flax Culture . We remember a time when Flax growing was common in Maryland . It was before the days of cheap cotton , when it was thought good economy , on large farms , to grow and to manufacture , as far as possible , all that was ...
Flax Culture . We remember a time when Flax growing was common in Maryland . It was before the days of cheap cotton , when it was thought good economy , on large farms , to grow and to manufacture , as far as possible , all that was ...
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... common dock , make a strong decoc- tion , sweeten with loaf sugar , add half a tea- spoonful cayenne pepper to the quart . Give to each lamb a wine - glassful three or four times a . day until a cure is effected . ing in Illinois four ...
... common dock , make a strong decoc- tion , sweeten with loaf sugar , add half a tea- spoonful cayenne pepper to the quart . Give to each lamb a wine - glassful three or four times a . day until a cure is effected . ing in Illinois four ...
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... common opinion of times past , that " soil " meant only a few inches of surface earth , mixed with the vegetable remains of the forest , and of the plants that had perished on it , and that these constituted its chief , if not its only ...
... common opinion of times past , that " soil " meant only a few inches of surface earth , mixed with the vegetable remains of the forest , and of the plants that had perished on it , and that these constituted its chief , if not its only ...
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... common red and incarnate clovers , ( trifolium pratense and incarnatum , ) do not appear , at a hasty glance , to differ much in length ; yet the hive - bee can easily suck the nectar out of the incarnate clover , but not out of the common ...
... common red and incarnate clovers , ( trifolium pratense and incarnatum , ) do not appear , at a hasty glance , to differ much in length ; yet the hive - bee can easily suck the nectar out of the incarnate clover , but not out of the common ...
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... common in Maryland and the more Southern States , the intrinsic value of which are entirely lost sight of , under a hereditary impres- sion that as they have been easily " worn out , " they will poorly repay the cost of improvement . We ...
... common in Maryland and the more Southern States , the intrinsic value of which are entirely lost sight of , under a hereditary impres- sion that as they have been easily " worn out , " they will poorly repay the cost of improvement . We ...
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Página 300 - And purple all the ground with vernal flowers. Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy...
Página 195 - For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings, till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant...
Página 21 - Near villages and small towns I have found the nests of humble-bees more numerous than elsewhere, which I attribute to the number of cats that destroy the mice.
Página 33 - He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children.
Página 100 - I love to lose myself in a mystery, to pursue my reason to an O altitudo!
Página 195 - ... of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and stay till the storm was over ; and then it made a prosperous flight, and did rise and sing, as if it had learned music and motion from an angel, as he passed sometimes through the air, about his ministries here below : so is the prayer of a good man...
Página 197 - That the mighty Pan Was kindly come to live with them below; Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, Was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.
Página 195 - ... prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares, and the calm of our tempest; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts, it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meekness...
Página 195 - ... meditation, the rest of our cares, and the calm of our tempest; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts; it is the daughter of Charity, and the sister of Meekness; and he that prays to God...
Página 163 - Let not thy jests, like mummy, be made of dead men's flesh. Abuse not any that are departed ; for to wrong their memories is to rob their ghosts of their winding-sheets. Scoff not at the natural defects of any which are not in their power to amend. Oh 'tis cruelty to beat a cripple with his own crutches.