American FarmerJohn S. Skinner, 1866 |
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... Garden . Prepared for The American Farmer , by DANIEL BARKER , -- Maryland Agricultural College . JULY . ASPARAGUS . Any more cutting of this crop will injure the plantations . To many it may seem needless to make this remark ; but ...
... Garden . Prepared for The American Farmer , by DANIEL BARKER , -- Maryland Agricultural College . JULY . ASPARAGUS . Any more cutting of this crop will injure the plantations . To many it may seem needless to make this remark ; but ...
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... Garden . STRAWBERRIES , Where any are required for forcing , should be potted as soon as rooted , as they make roots faster in pots than in the open ground . Our plan is to lay the best runners in pots , ( two - inch , ) and when rooted ...
... Garden . STRAWBERRIES , Where any are required for forcing , should be potted as soon as rooted , as they make roots faster in pots than in the open ground . Our plan is to lay the best runners in pots , ( two - inch , ) and when rooted ...
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... garden , and how it was managed , with the long catalogue of items on kindred topics - would be a mere repetition of the English obligation to become perfect in the farmer's calling . There are times throughout the year when most men ...
... garden , and how it was managed , with the long catalogue of items on kindred topics - would be a mere repetition of the English obligation to become perfect in the farmer's calling . There are times throughout the year when most men ...
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... garden bed , Of course , the land , to produce flax in the above order , must be in a high state of cultiva- tion . It will not do to sow flax on worn - out land . But good farming , with a rational rota- tion of crops , never takes the ...
... garden bed , Of course , the land , to produce flax in the above order , must be in a high state of cultiva- tion . It will not do to sow flax on worn - out land . But good farming , with a rational rota- tion of crops , never takes the ...
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... garden . Horse - Breeding . Remarks of L. T. Tucker , Esq , of South Royalton , Vermont , at the Windsor County ( Ver . ) Farmers ' Club . The first thing to be done in breeding horses is to select the best animals , and the first indes ...
... garden . Horse - Breeding . Remarks of L. T. Tucker , Esq , of South Royalton , Vermont , at the Windsor County ( Ver . ) Farmers ' Club . The first thing to be done in breeding horses is to select the best animals , and the first indes ...
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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.