The Farmer |
From inside the book
Արդյունքներ 21–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 47
... saved from evaporation . What is dropped , or allowed to lie open in the fields , becomes in a short time , from the effects of sun and rain , comparatively valueless . Thus the dung and litter from your cows , if milked in the field ...
... saved from evaporation . What is dropped , or allowed to lie open in the fields , becomes in a short time , from the effects of sun and rain , comparatively valueless . Thus the dung and litter from your cows , if milked in the field ...
Էջ 59
... saved deserves atten- tion , and the careful landlord will urge and assist his tenantry in the construction of tanks and cisterns for the purpose . The water in which flax is steeped becomes rich in fertilizing qualities , and should ...
... saved deserves atten- tion , and the careful landlord will urge and assist his tenantry in the construction of tanks and cisterns for the purpose . The water in which flax is steeped becomes rich in fertilizing qualities , and should ...
Էջ 67
... saving of seed more than com- pensating for the additional labour . Instead of dibbling , the seed is sometimes dropped by hand into the furrow after the plough . By this mode much seed is saved , and the crop will rise as regular as if ...
... saving of seed more than com- pensating for the additional labour . Instead of dibbling , the seed is sometimes dropped by hand into the furrow after the plough . By this mode much seed is saved , and the crop will rise as regular as if ...
Էջ 84
... saved , and in either case a naked fallow is avoided . Upon good light lands , wheat may be always grown on a clover - ley . It will also do well after turnips , vetches , or rape , if fed off or folded with sheep ; and one ploughing ...
... saved , and in either case a naked fallow is avoided . Upon good light lands , wheat may be always grown on a clover - ley . It will also do well after turnips , vetches , or rape , if fed off or folded with sheep ; and one ploughing ...
Էջ 85
... saved , and the crop appears as regular as if it had been drilled . This is somewhat less tedious than dibbling , but it takes more seed . Dibbling in the seed may occasionally be resorted to with advantage , on small farms ; but it ...
... saved , and the crop appears as regular as if it had been drilled . This is somewhat less tedious than dibbling , but it takes more seed . Dibbling in the seed may occasionally be resorted to with advantage , on small farms ; but it ...
Այլ խմբագրություններ - View all
Common terms and phrases
advantage allowed animal applied arable lands ashes attended barley beans bees better breed bushels cabbages carrots cattle chalk clay clay lands clean cold compost corn cows cultivation deep drains drills dung early earth effects fallow crop farm farmer fatten feeding fence fertilizing field flax furrow garden grain crops grass lands green crops ground growth harrow herbage hive honey horse improved inches keep kind labour light soils lime loam lucerne mangel-wurzel manure marl matter milk mode moisture necessary nourishment nure oats obtained pasture peas perennial rye-grass pigs plants plough potatoes produce quantity rape red clover require ridges roots rotation rye-grass sandy season seed sheep soil sowing sown spring statute acre stones straw subsoil subsoil-plough sufficient surface taken thrive tillage tivated top-dressing turnips valuable vegetable vetches weather weeds wheat whilst white clover winter yards yield