American Husbandry: Being a Series of Essays on AgricultureHarper & brothers, 1841 |
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Էջ 114 - A straight and flat back, with never a hump ; She's wide in her hips, and calm in her eyes. She's fine in her shoulders, and thin in her thighs. She's light in her neck, and small in her tail. She's wide in her breast, and good at the pail. She's fine in her bone, and silky of skin. She's a grazier's without, and a butcher's within.
Էջ 239 - ... then covered with straw or other light covering. The heads may be cut off as they are required for use ; and in the spring, the stems being raised up, will produce an abundance of delicious greens. One ounce of good Borecole seed will produce about four thousand plants, and may be sown in a border four feet by ten.
Էջ 120 - TEST. 47 objection to her as a dairy cow, since it is generally thought that the peculiarity of form which disposes an animal to take on fat is somewhat incompatible with good milking qualities, and hence Youatt says : " For the dairy the North Devons must be acknowledged to be inferior to several other breeds. The milk is good, and yields more than the average proportion of cream and butter ; but it is deficient in quantity.
Էջ 109 - ... cross, and then return and adhere to one breed, will, in the course of a few generations, be found to stamp a variety with sufficient certainty.
Էջ 232 - These meet with a ready sale in the markets, and the principal heads that are left are always larger and more handsome. The maturity of a full-grown Artichoke is apparent by the opening of the scales; and it should always be cut off before the flower appears in the centre; the- stem should be cut close to the ground at the same time. Artichokes are esteemed a luxury by epicures. To have them in perfection, they should be thrown into cold water as soon as gathered, and after having been soaked and...
Էջ 114 - She's clear in her jaws, and full in her chine, She's heavy in flank, and wide in her loin.
Էջ 69 - ... a field to the eye may appear to be completely fit for the sickle, when in reality the grain is imperfectly consolidated, and perhaps not much removed from a milky state.
Էջ 92 - ... land than oats; as a full crop is usually obtained in the first instance, and the land left in good order for succeeding ones.
Էջ 125 - They are not as good milkers as the Devons. This is so generally acknowledged, that while there are many dairies of Devon cows in various parts of the country, a dairy of Herefords is rarely to be found. To compensate for this, they are even more kindly feeders than the Devons. Their beef may be objected to by some as being occasionally a little too large in the bone, and the fore-quarters being coarse and heavy...
Էջ 120 - Horn bulls and long horn cows ; indeed, I never knew one of these bulls put to any cow where the produce was not superior to the dam ; but the cross which I advocate, and with which I am best acquainted, is that with the Devon cow.