A second series of useful hints for labourers; selected from the publications of the Labourers' friend society |
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... seed may be saved , that is , one bushel and a half , and the grain in the crop being admitted to be four bushels , makes five bushels and a - half , which at 80s . the quarter , is 55s .; this after paying 7s . for dibbling , leaves a ...
... seed may be saved , that is , one bushel and a half , and the grain in the crop being admitted to be four bushels , makes five bushels and a - half , which at 80s . the quarter , is 55s .; this after paying 7s . for dibbling , leaves a ...
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... seed nor grafting is required . The process is to take shoots from the choicest sorts , insert them in a potato , and plunge both into the ground , leaving but an inch or two of the shoot above the surface . The potato nourishes the ...
... seed nor grafting is required . The process is to take shoots from the choicest sorts , insert them in a potato , and plunge both into the ground , leaving but an inch or two of the shoot above the surface . The potato nourishes the ...
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... seeds of the white kidney - bean and the scarlet - runner are much used abroad , and a trial of them is much recommended to the British cottager . They should be soaked in water for several hours - some persons put them in 30 USEFUL HINTS .
... seeds of the white kidney - bean and the scarlet - runner are much used abroad , and a trial of them is much recommended to the British cottager . They should be soaked in water for several hours - some persons put them in 30 USEFUL HINTS .
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... seeds . " No. 8. - First crop - Large York cabbage , planted in April , and off in August . " Second crop - Turnips ... Seeds . - Early York , Savoy , and Dutch cabbage seeds , which are sown in March , the plants may be transplanted in ...
... seeds . " No. 8. - First crop - Large York cabbage , planted in April , and off in August . " Second crop - Turnips ... Seeds . - Early York , Savoy , and Dutch cabbage seeds , which are sown in March , the plants may be transplanted in ...
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... seeds be sown about the middle of August ; about three square yards of ground will be sufficient , and about a quarter of an ounce of seed . The plants are to remain in the seed - bed until the middle of February , when they are to be D ...
... seeds be sown about the middle of August ; about three square yards of ground will be sufficient , and about a quarter of an ounce of seed . The plants are to remain in the seed - bed until the middle of February , when they are to be D ...
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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.