Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture: Containing Communications on Various Subjects in Husbandry & Rural Affairs, Volume 1Johnson & Warner, 1815 - Agriculture Vol. 1- includes a statistical account of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge. |
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Page xxviii
... vegetable food that may be easi- ly procured and preserved , and that best increases milk in cows and ewes , in March and April , founded on experiment- a gold medal ; for the second best — a silver medal . VIII . For the greatest ...
... vegetable food that may be easi- ly procured and preserved , and that best increases milk in cows and ewes , in March and April , founded on experiment- a gold medal ; for the second best — a silver medal . VIII . For the greatest ...
Page xlix
... vegetable matters . At his death , he bequeaths us his flesh for food , his hair for brushes , and his fat for medical and culinary purposes . The immense and profitable disproportion between the labour of the ass and the mule , and the ...
... vegetable matters . At his death , he bequeaths us his flesh for food , his hair for brushes , and his fat for medical and culinary purposes . The immense and profitable disproportion between the labour of the ass and the mule , and the ...
Page li
... vegetables upon which they feed by accident , or from necessity , impart to the milk and flesh of some of them an unwholesome quality . Great labour sometimes has the same effect . A farmer in New - Hampshire , who had overworked a fat ...
... vegetables upon which they feed by accident , or from necessity , impart to the milk and flesh of some of them an unwholesome quality . Great labour sometimes has the same effect . A farmer in New - Hampshire , who had overworked a fat ...
Page 29
... vegetable mould , by the fer- menting and feculating of the sap , confined and prevented from evaporation . Some of them , in the shapes or forms of fallen trunks of trees , have the consistency and texture of green hillocks , of rich ...
... vegetable mould , by the fer- menting and feculating of the sap , confined and prevented from evaporation . Some of them , in the shapes or forms of fallen trunks of trees , have the consistency and texture of green hillocks , of rich ...
Page 34
... vegetable creation . The pride of the forest , the riches of the field , and the ornaments and delights of the garden , are alike their victims . Tempests and inundations , ravage , with resistless ruin . The mes- sengers of destruction ...
... vegetable creation . The pride of the forest , the riches of the field , and the ornaments and delights of the garden , are alike their victims . Tempests and inundations , ravage , with resistless ruin . The mes- sengers of destruction ...
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