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Page 51 - Town, Ireland, a summary of which was published in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, vol. iv, it appears that an average of nine and a half quarts of the milk of the Galloways produced a pound of butter.
Page 179 - Continental kingdoms and states. 8. That all the facts connected with the history of its several outbreaks concur in proving that the malady does not spread from country to country as an ordinary epizootic. And that, if it were a disease exclusively belonging to this class, the sanitary measures which are had recourse to throughout Europe would be inefficient in preventing its extension ; and consequently that in all probability we should long since have been both...
Page 33 - ... and placed in a genus by itself. It would seem, therefore, that the closer a plant comes to the natural food plant of the insect, the better the insect likes it.
Page 222 - ... subject perhaps may be usefully brought to a close by a brief statement of what in my opinion the chemical analysis of soils can determine, and what it necessarily must leave undecided. In the first place I would remark, that the chemical analyses of soils can give very decided answers to the following questions : 1.
Page 81 - ... aquiline curve of the nose, with short, fine glossy hair on the face, and generally hair on the legs, the skin pretty smooth, that is, not rolling up or doubling about the neck and body, as in some other flocks ; the crimp in the wool was not so short as in many other flocks, the wool was somewhat longer, but it was close and compact, and was soft and silky to the touch, and the surface was not so much covered with gum. This flock was originally owned by the Carthusian friars of Paular, who were...
Page 126 - ... and re-seed ; but the true course is to pay attention to pasture-lands in season, giving them an occasional top-dressing, scarifying the surface in spring, and sowing seed here and there upon patches that are beginning to fail. As a top-dressing, sawdust in which the liquid manures have been absorbed, applied in fall or spring, gives great vigor and growth to grasses. It can be spread over the surface in a finely divided state, and is in condition to be available to plants. Road-scrapings and...
Page 47 - Not, however, that the necessity for any such official countenance is very imperative; the farmers of the district have been very true to them, and 'the sign* they made on Wednesday showed how much good stock they must have to fall back upon.
Page 107 - ... stallions — good, bad, and indifferent — from racing stables, so long as their friends and owners can persuade breeders of horses and agricultural authorities that the goodness of the fore-legs is of little account, or that a bad thorough-bred stallion is better than a good half-bred. Referring again to the general principles which have been laid down respecting the influence of either parent on the offspring, and considering that the temper, nervous system, vital powers, and constitution,...
Page 43 - ... hardihood and a disposition to fatten. With the same cleanness and shortness of shank, there is no breed so large and muscular above the knee, while there is more room for the deep, broad and capacious chest.
Page 72 - Merino flock, for which I paid $300. This ram was accidentally killed a short time after, and in the spring of 1807, Mr. Basse Muller imported into Philadelphia six Merino sheep, which he said had been obtained by him from the Prince of Hesse Cassel. The sheep were all remarkably fine animals, and at Mr. Muller's request!