A second series of useful hints for labourers; selected from the publications of the Labourers' friend society |
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... begin the construction of their combs in the middle of the hive , while second swarms begin at one of the sides . JULY . - The swarming season may be considered past , and the chief thing now requiring attention is , to pre- serve the ...
... begin the construction of their combs in the middle of the hive , while second swarms begin at one of the sides . JULY . - The swarming season may be considered past , and the chief thing now requiring attention is , to pre- serve the ...
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... begin to decay . SEPTEMBER . This is an important month to the cottager , as he will now begin to reap the fruits resulting from the care and attention he has bestowed on his hives . Those intended for store should be selected first ...
... begin to decay . SEPTEMBER . This is an important month to the cottager , as he will now begin to reap the fruits resulting from the care and attention he has bestowed on his hives . Those intended for store should be selected first ...
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... begin to swell ; they will then burst like a mealy potato - drain them immediately , and put them by till required to prepare for dinner . The best modes of dressing them are these : Put a lump of clarified fat or butter into the ...
... begin to swell ; they will then burst like a mealy potato - drain them immediately , and put them by till required to prepare for dinner . The best modes of dressing them are these : Put a lump of clarified fat or butter into the ...
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... begin at one end of the plot , and when a few lines are gathered , that part of the ground to be . dug up , and the second crop so far commenced being put in ; and so on until the first crop is entirely cleared , away . By the time the ...
... begin at one end of the plot , and when a few lines are gathered , that part of the ground to be . dug up , and the second crop so far commenced being put in ; and so on until the first crop is entirely cleared , away . By the time the ...
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... begin to grow dig the ground with a spade deep and well ; dig again in a month , and whenever weeds come up , let not one live a week . By the 1st of June , you will have turned cabbages , and the early Yorks will soon be solid . By the ...
... begin to grow dig the ground with a spade deep and well ; dig again in a month , and whenever weeds come up , let not one live a week . By the 1st of June , you will have turned cabbages , and the early Yorks will soon be solid . By the ...
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Página 143 - ... He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Página 98 - I found this countryman was a member of our Artisans' Library, and every Saturday evening he walked over to the town to exchange his books. I asked him whether reading did not make him less satisfied with his daily work; his answer deserves universal attention : — " Before he read, his work was weary to him ; for, in the solitary fields, an empty head measured the time out tediously, to double its length; but, now, no place was so sweet as the solitary fields: he had always something pleasant floating...
Página 84 - Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap ; it will be dear to you.
Página 65 - Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
Página 146 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Página 52 - Of all obstacles to improvement, ignorance is the most formidable, because the only true secret of assisting the poor is to make them agents in bettering their own condition, and to supply them, not with a temporary stimulus, but with a permanent energy.
Página 83 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Página 143 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Página 118 - Punctuality is important, because it subserves the Peace and good Temper of a Family : The want of it not only infringes on necessary Duty, but sometimes excludes this Duty.