Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of EnglandRoyal Agricultural Society of England, 1891 - Agriculture Vols. for 1933- include the societys Farmers' guide to agricultural research. |
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Page 4 - THE world goes up and the world goes down, And the sunshine follows the rain ; And yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown Can never come over again, Sweet wife : No, never come over again. For woman is warm though man be cold, And the night will hallow the day ; Till the heart which at even was weary and old Can rise in the morning gay, Sweet wife ; To its work in the morning gay.
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Page 110 - technical instruction " shall mean instruction in the principles of science and art applicable to industries, and in the application of special branches of science and art to specific industries or employments.
Page 1 - The HORSE-HOEING HUSBANDRY; or, A TREATISE on the Principles of TILLAGE and VEGETATION, wherein is taught a Method of introducing a sort of VINEYARD CULTURE into the CORNFIELDS, in order to increase their Product and diminish the common Expense.
Page 110 - The Council of any such County or County Borough may contribute any sum received by such Council in respect of the residue under this section, or any part of that sum, for the purposes of technical education within the meaning of the Technical Instruction Act, 1889, and may make that contribution over and above any sum that may be raised by rate under that Act.
Page 17 - ... which supplied our timber, were upon a mill brook which brawled down from the hills and wound through the loveliest of meadows into the Connecticut. There were no landlords in this country. Almost every man owned the land he cultivated. And they believed in the motto of Poor Richard : — " He that by the plough would thrive, Must either hold himself, or drive.
Page 693 - ... plants, by taking up, or attacking and bringing into a more readily available condition, combined nitrogen not otherwise, or only very slowly, available for the higher plants. For example, it is probable that fungi generally derive nitrogen from organic nitrogen; and in the case of those of fairy rings, there can be little doubt that they take up from the soil organic nitrogen, which is not available to the meadow plants, and that, on their decay, their nitrogen becomes available to the associated...
Page 332 - Notwithstanding the differing notions expressed above, it will appear that the physical characters of the soil which tend to render it best suited to the cultivation of the beet are porosity of surface and subsoil, to admit of drainage of superfluous water and of free circulation of. the air, and power of absorbing and holding in a condition convenient for ready assimilation the elements of plant-food existing within it or coming from external sources.
Page 216 - ... ammonia. The purchaser should also stipulate for an allowance for each unit per cent, which the dissolved bones should be found on analysis to contain less than the guaranteed percentages of the three substances already mentioned. 4. Mineral Superphosphates should be guaranteed to be delivered in a sufficiently dry and powdery condition, and to contain a certain percentage of soluble phosphate of lime, at a certain price per unit per cent., no value to be attached to insoluble phosphates. 5....