The Farmers' Instructor: Consisting of Essays, Practical Directions, and Hints for the Management of the Farm and the Garden. Originally Published in the Cultivator; Selected and Revised for the School District Library, Band 2Harper & brothers, 1844 |
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... skin , and larger berry , ill - adapted to be malted together , as one kind malts quicker than the other , and becomes sensibly deteriorated before the saccharine matter of the other kind is fully devel- oped . The two varieties are ...
... skin , and larger berry , ill - adapted to be malted together , as one kind malts quicker than the other , and becomes sensibly deteriorated before the saccharine matter of the other kind is fully devel- oped . The two varieties are ...
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... skin . He might be even delighted with the gentle and complacent expression of its counte- nance . All these properties he might judge of by the eye alone . On touching the animal with the hand , he could feel the softness of its body ...
... skin . He might be even delighted with the gentle and complacent expression of its counte- nance . All these properties he might judge of by the eye alone . On touching the animal with the hand , he could feel the softness of its body ...
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... skin and coarse hair . A judge , on the other hand , can at once discover the good or the bad points of a lean as well as of a fat ox ; because the properties of the former are the same in kind , though not in de- gree , as those of the ...
... skin and coarse hair . A judge , on the other hand , can at once discover the good or the bad points of a lean as well as of a fat ox ; because the properties of the former are the same in kind , though not in de- gree , as those of the ...
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... skin of a pure breed of cattle , whatever those colours are , are always definite . The colour of the bald skin on the nose and around the eyes in a pure breed is always defi- nite , and without spots . This last is an essential point ...
... skin of a pure breed of cattle , whatever those colours are , are always definite . The colour of the bald skin on the nose and around the eyes in a pure breed is always defi- nite , and without spots . This last is an essential point ...
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... skin and muscle , and not with lumps of fat and flesh , which always give a heavy - headed , dull ap- pearance to an ox . The forearm and hock should also be clean and full of muscle , to endure travel- ling . Large joints indicate bad ...
... skin and muscle , and not with lumps of fat and flesh , which always give a heavy - headed , dull ap- pearance to an ox . The forearm and hock should also be clean and full of muscle , to endure travel- ling . Large joints indicate bad ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acre agricultural animal applied bark barley barn become better boiling bone branch breed brisket bushels cattle cents cheese cheesehouses clover cold colour corn covered cows crop cultivated dairy destroyed disease dollars draining dung earth economy Edam cheese experience farm farmer fatten feeding feet fermentation flesh flocks fruit garden give grafting grain grass ground half hasty pudding heat hogs horns horse husbandry improvement inches insect judge labour lambs land larvæ Lincolnshire manure meal milk mode moisture nature observation pasture plants plough points potatoes pounds practice produce profitable quantity roots salt season seed sheep Sheep Husbandry short-horn skin smut softsoap soil sown specific gravity spring stalk stopcock straw surface swine tillage tion tivate tree tuns turnips vegetable weather weight wheat whey winter wood wool wurzel yard
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 235 - Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation : for it is better to be alone, than in bad company.
Seite 235 - Speak not of doleful things in time of mirth, nor at the table; speak not of melancholy things, as death, and wounds, and if others mention them, change, if you can, the discourse.
Seite 233 - In the presence of others, sing not to yourself with a humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet.
Seite 134 - ... for the admission of the bud, which directly slip down, close between the wood and bark, to "the bottom of the slit...
Seite 22 - The colour or colours of the skin of a pure breed of cattle, whatever those colours are, are always definite. The colour of the bald skin on the nose, and around the eyes, in a pure breed, is always definite, and without spots. This last is an essential point. When horns exist, they should be smooth, small, tapering, and sharp-pointed, long or short, according to the breed, and of a white colour throughout in some breeds, and tipped with black in others. The shape of the horn is a less essential...
Seite 235 - Play not the peacock, looking everywhere about you to see if you be well decked, if your shoes fit well, if your stockings sit neatly, and clothes handsomely.
Seite 234 - Being to advise, or reprehend any one, consider whether it ought to be in public or in private, presently, or at some...
Seite 233 - Be no flatterer, neither play with any one that delights not to be played with. 6. Read no letters, books, or papers in company ; but when there is a necessity for doing it, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to read them, unasked ; also, look not nigh when another is writing a letter.
Seite 41 - An animal xvith large lungs is capable of converting a given quantity of food into more nourishment than one with smaller lungs ; and therefore has a greater aptitude to fatten.