The Farm-yard Club of Jotham: An Account of the Families and Farms of that Famous TownLockwood, Brooks,, 1876 - 603 Seiten |
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Seite 89 - ... and shells of oats, in equal proportions, to supply them three times a day with as much as they will eat. The whole of the materials are moistened and blended together, and, after being well steamed, are given to the animals in a warm state. The attendant is allowed...
Seite 534 - ... when they come into the point of view which those had who uttered these sayings, they understand them and are willing to let the words go ; for at any time they can use words as good when occasion comes. If we live truly, we shall see truly. It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for the weak to be weak.
Seite 585 - Twas autumn, and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung.
Seite 398 - The secondary and immediate causes of this disease, and of its congeners, have long appeared to me to be the want of a sufficient supply of moisture from the soil with excess of humidity in the air, particularly if the plants be exposed to a temperature below that to which they have been accustomed.
Seite 136 - THE SEA THE Sea! the Sea! the open Sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free ! Without a mark, without a bound, It runneth the earth's wide regions 'round; It plays with the clouds; it mocks the skies; Or like a cradled creature lies.
Seite 274 - THE stormy March is come at last, With wind, and cloud, and changing skies; I hear the rushing of the blast, That through the snowy valley flies. Ah, passing few are they who speak, Wild stormy month! in praise of thee ; Yet, though thy winds are loud and bleak, Thou art a welcome month to me. For thou, to northern lands, again The glad and glorious sun dost bring, And thou hast joined...
Seite 180 - I think August or the early part of September is the best time to seed down grass land," says another, " as in the fall of the year it will get root, and not be burned up by the sun, as it would be in spring." Another says, " I sow from the middle of August to the middle of September. If sown in spring with oats or other grain, the young grass is liable to be summerkilled, either choked by the ranker growth of the grain, or scorched by the hot sun when the grain is taken off. If sown in spring without...
Seite 569 - ... which gives man dominion over the birds of the air and beasts of the field, I suppose man and animal must submit and obey. But it may not be so. If, for the gratification of ambition or pride, or for high service to his race, or for immortal renown, man is willing to subordinate and sacrifice all his physical powers, and is determined that his body shall obey the commands of his imperious spirit, inspired and consumed in the great flame, so must it be; but let him spare his servant who obeys...
Seite 264 - If she be not fair for me, what care I how fair she be ? " But he did care, and he told himself that the song did him no good.
Seite 47 - This is indispensable in the fattening ox, but a largeness and drooping of the belly is excusable in the cow. It leaves room for the udder, and if it is also accompanied by swelling milk-veins, it generally indicates her value in the dairy. This roundness and depth of the barrel, however, is most advantageous in proportion as it is found behind the point of the elbow, more than between the shoulders and legs; or low down between the legs...