Testimonies in favour of salt as a manure and a condiment for horse, cow and sheepLongman, Hurst, and Company, 1825 - 80 Seiten |
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Seite 95 - Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him. Then are the children free.
Seite 254 - Are but the beings of a summer's day, Have held the scale of empire, ruled the storm Of mighty war ; then, with unwearied hand, Disdaining little delicacies, seized The plough, and greatly independent lived.
Seite 249 - Far through his azure turbulent domain, Your empire owns, and from a thousand shores Wafts all the pomp of life into your ports ; So with superior boon may your rich soil, Exuberant, Nature's better blessings pour O'er every land, the naked nations clothe, And be th...
Seite 132 - In the latter end of the month 12 of May a most flourishing crop of rich grass made its appearance on that part where the eight bushels had been laid. " In the month of July the other portion produced a still stronger crop ; the cattle were remarkably fond of it, and during the whole ensuing winter...
Seite 33 - Agriculture, states that the ancient laws of Holland " ordained men to be kept on bread alone unmixed with salt, as the severest punishment that could be inflicted upon them in their moist climate ; the effect was horrible : these wretched criminals are said to have been devoured by worms engendered in their own stomachs.
Seite 78 - Brownrigg, who wrote in the year 174S, in speaking of common salt, says " it is dispersed over all nature ; it is treasured up in the bowels of the earth ; it impregnates the ocean ; it descends in rains ; it fertilizes the soil ; it arises in vegetables ; and from them is conveyed into animals ; so that it may well be esteemed the universal condiment of nature ; friendly friendly and beneficent to all creatures endowed with life, whether it be vegetative or animal.
Seite 169 - ... manure, and fifteen of the beds had salt put upon them, in the proportion of a quarter of a peck to each bed. On the same day the whole was planted with potatoes, a single row in each bed ; and that the experiment might be conducted with all possible accuracy, the same sets were planted in each bed. On the 21st of September, the potatoes were taken up, and the produce of each row was accurately ascertained ; from which it appeared, that in every instance excepting one, where the salt was used,...
Seite 217 - ... for themselves and their neighbours, we must no longer embarrass them with vexatious conditions, which they cannot understand or comply with ; but leave them free to purchase at a cheap rate, and at the nearest shop, the salt required for curing their fish, — and to use it for the benefit of themselves and their country. It has been supposed, that there is already a sufficient allowance of...
Seite 128 - But, as a still farther demonstration, that this astonishing effect is solely to be attributed to salt, we have, says the writer, in Languedoc, on the borders of the Rhone, a spot of the same kind of stony land, in every respect similar to that of the Crau ; yet, for want of the free...
Seite 281 - By Agriculture only can commerce be perpetuated; and by Agriculture alone can we live in plenty without intercourse with other nations. This, therefore, is the great art, which every government ought to protect, every proprietor of lands to practise, and every inquirer into nature to improve.