 | United States. Patent Office - Patents - 1846 - 2014 pages
...taken not to roll when the ground is so wet that the earth adheres to the roller. Weeding. — If care has been paid to cleaning the seed and the soil, few weeds will appear ; bat if there be any, they must be carefully pulled. It is done in Belgium by women and children,... | |
 | Agriculture - 1847 - 392 pages
...taken not to roll when the ground is so wet that the earth adheres to the roller. Weeding. — If care has been paid to cleaning the seed and the soil, few...children, who, with coarse cloths round their knees, creep on all fours. This injures the young plant less than walking over it — which, if done, should be... | |
 | Agriculture - 1847 - 394 pages
...so wet that the earth adheres to the roller. Weeding. — If care has been paid to cleaning the eeed and the soil, few weeds will appear ; but if there...children, who, with coarse cloths round their knees, creep on all fours. This injures the young plant less than walking over it — which, if done, should be... | |
 | Thomas Keir Short - Flax - 1848 - 44 pages
...shoes are filled with nails, as the plant never rises again if bruised. In Belgium, this crop is weeded by women and children, who, with coarse cloths round their knees, creep along on all-fours, always facing the wind, so that the flattened plants may be blown up again. PULLING. The time when... | |
 | 1851 - 560 pages
...00 Bone dust, б-l Ibe., " 33 Sulphate of Magnesia (Epsom Salts), 56 Ibs " 40 11 0 WEEDING. If care has been paid to cleaning the seed and the soil, few weeds «ill appear; but if there l>e any, they must be carefully pulled. It is done in Delgium by women and... | |
 | E. F. Deman - Flax - 1852 - 198 pages
...always injurious to the flax-plant, WEEDING. If care has been taken to cleanse the land and the seed, few weeds will appear ; but if there be any, they must be carefully pulled, or weeded out. It is done in Belgium by women and children, who, with coarse cloths round their knees,... | |
 | E. F. Deman - Flax - 1852 - 214 pages
...always injurious to the flax-plant. WEEDING. If care has been taken to cleanse the land and the seed, few weeds will appear ; but if there be any, they must be carefully pulled, or weeded out. It is done in Belgium by women and children, who, with coarse cloths round their knees,... | |
 | John Forbes Royle - Agriculture - 1855 - 446 pages
...and colza, applied either dry or with urine, are also recommended as manures.] Weeding. — If care has been paid to cleaning the, seed and the soil,...children, who, with coarse cloths round their knees, creep alon" on all-fours. This injures the young plant less than walking over it (which, if done, should... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1862 - 1092 pages
...advisable, care being taken not to roll when it ie so ;hc earth adheres to the roller. ;'• — If care has been paid to cleaning the seed and the soil, few weeds u appear; but it' there be any they must be carefully pulled. It is done in agiurn by women and children,... | |
 | Alex Johnston Warden - Fiber plants - 1867 - 840 pages
...taken not to roll when the ground is so wet that the earth adheres to the roller. Weeding. If care has been paid to cleaning the seed and the soil, few...but if there be any, they must be carefully pulled ; or cut with a knife, when the weeds happen to be large or when potato stalks appear. It is done in... | |
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Rolling the ground after sowing, is very advisable, care being taken not to roll when the ground is so wet that the earth adheres to the roller. Weeding. — If care has been paid to cleaning the seed and the soil, few weeds will appear ; but if there... 
