Memoirs of the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture: Containing Communications on Various Subjects in Husbandry & Rural Affairs, Volume 1Johnson & Warner, 1808 - Agriculture Vol. 1- includes a statistical account of the Schuylkill Permanent Bridge. |
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... quantity produced , and manufac- tured from our own dairies . After several years of active exertions , the society was un- fortunately permitted to fall into a long sleep ; but was again re- vived , in the winter of 1804 , and now ...
... quantity produced , and manufac- tured from our own dairies . After several years of active exertions , the society was un- fortunately permitted to fall into a long sleep ; but was again re- vived , in the winter of 1804 , and now ...
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... quantity of ground , not less than one acre , well fenced , producing locust trees , growing in 1791 , from seed sown after April 5th , 1785 ; the trees to be of the sort used for posts and trunnels , and not fewer than 1500 per acre ...
... quantity of ground , not less than one acre , well fenced , producing locust trees , growing in 1791 , from seed sown after April 5th , 1785 ; the trees to be of the sort used for posts and trunnels , and not fewer than 1500 per acre ...
Page xxxiii
... quantity of milk , & c . X. It is a generally received opinion , that horses in a team travel much faster than oxen ; yet some European writers on husbandry mention many instances , in which it appeared , not only that oxen would plough ...
... quantity of milk , & c . X. It is a generally received opinion , that horses in a team travel much faster than oxen ; yet some European writers on husbandry mention many instances , in which it appeared , not only that oxen would plough ...
Page xxxiv
... quantity , not less than two hundred and fifty pounds weight , of equal quality - a silver medal . XIII . The society believing that the culture of hemp on some of the low rich lands in the neighbourhood of this city , may be attempted ...
... quantity , not less than two hundred and fifty pounds weight , of equal quality - a silver medal . XIII . The society believing that the culture of hemp on some of the low rich lands in the neighbourhood of this city , may be attempted ...
Page xxxv
... quantity of hemp raised within ten miles of the city of Philadelphia . The quantity not to be less than three ton ; for the second greatest quantity - a sil- ver medal . * It will be left to the choice of those successful candi- dates ...
... quantity of hemp raised within ten miles of the city of Philadelphia . The quantity not to be less than three ton ; for the second greatest quantity - a sil- ver medal . * It will be left to the choice of those successful candi- dates ...
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