The Book of the Farm: Detailing the Labors of the Farmer, Farm-steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-man, Field-worker, and Dairymaid, Том 2Blackwood, 1844 - 679 страници |
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... called in Scotland . In the country , about L.5 , 10s . for white , and L.8 for Swedish turnip , to be carried off the land , are given ; and when consumed on the ground by sheep , L.3 to L.5 an acre are considered a fair price ; and ...
... called in Scotland . In the country , about L.5 , 10s . for white , and L.8 for Swedish turnip , to be carried off the land , are given ; and when consumed on the ground by sheep , L.3 to L.5 an acre are considered a fair price ; and ...
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... called Dale's Hybrid , being a cross betwixt the green - topped Swede and the globe , but whether the white or green - topped globe I do not know . It possesses more of the properties of the yellow turnip than of either of its ...
... called Dale's Hybrid , being a cross betwixt the green - topped Swede and the globe , but whether the white or green - topped globe I do not know . It possesses more of the properties of the yellow turnip than of either of its ...
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... called the " top " and " bottom rope " as the position of either may be at the time . These ropes are wound round the stakes by a peculiar sort of knot called the " shepherd's knot . " The stakes are best formed of thinnings of ash ...
... called the " top " and " bottom rope " as the position of either may be at the time . These ropes are wound round the stakes by a peculiar sort of knot called the " shepherd's knot . " The stakes are best formed of thinnings of ash ...
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... called , are never put on turnips is the chance of getting too fat , which if they do , they will produce small lambs and run great risk of being attacked by inflammatory complaints at the lambing time . Tups are most frequently put on ...
... called , are never put on turnips is the chance of getting too fat , which if they do , they will produce small lambs and run great risk of being attacked by inflammatory complaints at the lambing time . Tups are most frequently put on ...
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... called a lamb , and retains that name until it is weaned from its mother and able to support itself . The name is modified ac- cording to the sex and condition of the animal ; when a female , it is a ewe - lamb , when a male a tup ...
... called a lamb , and retains that name until it is weaned from its mother and able to support itself . The name is modified ac- cording to the sex and condition of the animal ; when a female , it is a ewe - lamb , when a male a tup ...
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Страница 31 - Now, shepherds, to your helpless charge be kind, Baffle the raging year, and fill their pens With food at will; lodge them below the storm, And watch them strict : for from the bellowing east, In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing Sweeps up the...
Страница 706 - The careful hen Calls all her chirping family around, Fed and defended by the fearless cock; Whose breast with ardour flames, as on he walks, Graceful, and crows defiance.
Страница 220 - Those who have both, seldom have a horse that requires clipping, but, when clipped, he must not want either. A long coat takes up a deal of moisture, and is difficult to dry ; but whether wet or dry, it affords some defence to the skin, which is laid bare to every breath of air when deprived of its natural covering. Every one must know from himself whether wet clothing and a wet skin, or no clothing and a wet skin, is the most disagreeable and dangerous. It is true that clipping saves the groom a...
Страница 591 - ... drought, and destitute of all vegetation, except that of a few thistles. A square foot of the dead turf being dug up...
Страница 599 - The' innumerous ills that rush around his life ; Mark the quick kite, with beak and talons prone, Circling the skies to snatch him from the plain...
Страница 651 - ... applied when chopped small by a proper machine, and kept dry till it is ploughed in for the use of a crop. In this case, though it would decompose much more slowly and produce less effect at first, yet its influence would be much more lasting.
Страница 428 - Fled now the sullen murmurs of the North, The splendid raiment of the SPRING peeps forth ; Her universal green, and the clear sky, Delight still more and more the gazing eye.
Страница 388 - ... contrast this with the condition of many young men employed as farmservants in the southern counties, who, being paid board-wages, club together to have their comfortless meal cooked in a neighbouring cottage, with no house to call their home, left to sleep in an outhouse or hay-loft, subject to the contamination of idle companions, with no parent's eye to watch their actions and no parent's voice to warn them of their errors ; and say which situation is best calculated to promote domestic comfort,...
Страница 706 - Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale ; And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier-isle, Protective of his young.
Страница 652 - A slight incipient fermentation is undoubtedly of use in the dunghill ; for by means of it a disposition is brought on in the woody fibre to decay and dissolve, when it is carried to the land, or ploughed into the soil ; and woody fibre is always in great excess in the refuse of the farm.