American FarmerJohn S. Skinner, 1866 |
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... Vegetable 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 ...
... Vegetable 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 ...
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... vegetable substances deposited on the surface , the soil has been gra- dually growing richer for an indefinite period . In proof , the prairies are referred to as notable instances . It is also shown that the valleys of rivers are kept ...
... vegetable substances deposited on the surface , the soil has been gra- dually growing richer for an indefinite period . In proof , the prairies are referred to as notable instances . It is also shown that the valleys of rivers are kept ...
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... vegetable matter , and dung fresh from the stables . All this ammonia evaporates . When we use manure to plow in , we only spread as the plow proceeds . This in a great measure saves the ammonia . Those to whom manure is an ob- ject ...
... vegetable matter , and dung fresh from the stables . All this ammonia evaporates . When we use manure to plow in , we only spread as the plow proceeds . This in a great measure saves the ammonia . Those to whom manure is an ob- ject ...
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... vegetable remains of the forest , and of the plants that had perished on it , and that these constituted its chief , if not its only , value . This vegetable mould was the measure of fertility ; if it abounded , the soil was rich — if ...
... vegetable remains of the forest , and of the plants that had perished on it , and that these constituted its chief , if not its only , value . This vegetable mould was the measure of fertility ; if it abounded , the soil was rich — if ...
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... vegetable growth , but still not in a condition to fulfil that expecta- tion . When , however , the dormant matter has been more fully acted upon by the chemical agents in the rain and air , then its character alters , and it no longer ...
... vegetable growth , but still not in a condition to fulfil that expecta- tion . When , however , the dormant matter has been more fully acted upon by the chemical agents in the rain and air , then its character alters , and it no longer ...
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Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 33 - He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children.
Seite 100 - I love to lose myself in a mystery, to pursue my reason to an O altitudo!
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.