Elements of Agriculture: With Industrial LessonsD.C. Heath & Company, 1902 - 141 էջ |
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... straw occasionally provided . During warm weather the kennel may be kept closed , for the dog will . then enjoy sleeping in the open air . 6. Dogs should be well fed but not overfed . Their food should be simple and whole- some . When a ...
... straw occasionally provided . During warm weather the kennel may be kept closed , for the dog will . then enjoy sleeping in the open air . 6. Dogs should be well fed but not overfed . Their food should be simple and whole- some . When a ...
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... straw every night . Most horses like to be curried or rubbed with a cloth or a soft brush . The animal's body should be kept as clean and free from dirt as possible . A clean stall and wholesome food go far toward keeping a horse in ...
... straw every night . Most horses like to be curried or rubbed with a cloth or a soft brush . The animal's body should be kept as clean and free from dirt as possible . A clean stall and wholesome food go far toward keeping a horse in ...
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... straw or hay in the small lot , and into this he throws the food . The hens scratch in the straw for the food , and in this way they get exercise . Joe thinks that the fowls have better health , and that the hens lay more eggs when they ...
... straw or hay in the small lot , and into this he throws the food . The hens scratch in the straw for the food , and in this way they get exercise . Joe thinks that the fowls have better health , and that the hens lay more eggs when they ...
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... retard or arrest the escape of moisture by evapora- tion . Pulverized earth serves well as a mulch . Straw , hay , sawdust , etc. , are also used as mulches . LESSON XIX . COTTON . I. Cotton is an important I 12 Elements of Agriculture .
... retard or arrest the escape of moisture by evapora- tion . Pulverized earth serves well as a mulch . Straw , hay , sawdust , etc. , are also used as mulches . LESSON XIX . COTTON . I. Cotton is an important I 12 Elements of Agriculture .
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... straw is not only a stock food , but is used in making paper , in making straw hats , strawboard , and many other useful things . These facts make it clear why wheat is grown by the people of so many countries and in climates differing ...
... straw is not only a stock food , but is used in making paper , in making straw hats , strawboard , and many other useful things . These facts make it clear why wheat is grown by the people of so many countries and in climates differing ...
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Էջ 47 - There should be a place for everything, and everything should be kept in its place when not in actual use.
Էջ 59 - These substances are sometimes present in the soil, but not in a form in which the plant can use them ; when thus present and unavailable, they may often be rendered available by proper cultivation or management of the soil. If they are not present in the soil, they must be supplied through fertilizers before the crop will grow well." LESSON XVI. STORY OF THE SOIL (Continued). I. "Soils must be in good 'physical' or 'mechanical ' condition, too,
Էջ 62 - Rains fall, and much of the water sinks into the earth — is absorbed by it ; then, in summer, as the water at the surface is changed to vapor (evaporated) by the sun, and carried away by the air and by the winds, the water that was absorbed, and that is held deeper down in the earth, rises toward the surface, and supplies the fields and the forests with moisture.
Էջ 61 - ... soil and far better supplied with food and moisture than could prevail in a cloddy soil. A cloddy or compact soil may have within it the elements necessary to plant growth, and may be rendered productive simply by being fined or mellowed. Such a soil may be mellowed by the use of machines; by under-drainage, by fall plowing, or by applying lime, ashes, sand, or other materials that tend to break up the lumps.
Էջ 67 - feed" in the moist soil in which they live, while the leaves gather nourishment from the refreshing breezes in which they wave. But the sunshine must warm the bosom of the earth, and must kiss the leaf and the flower before the lifeforce within them can do its work.