A second series of useful hints for labourers; selected from the publications of the Labourers' friend society |
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... soil , are not the children likely to be skilled as soon as their strength permits , to earn their own living in a way that would add greatly to indi- vidual and national prosperity ? By dibbling wheat alone , as long practised in ...
... soil , are not the children likely to be skilled as soon as their strength permits , to earn their own living in a way that would add greatly to indi- vidual and national prosperity ? By dibbling wheat alone , as long practised in ...
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... soil about the roots carefully settled with a little water . About the middle of May some of them will start , that is , show their flower - stem . As soon as this appears , let it be pinched off . Let them be well supplied with water ...
... soil about the roots carefully settled with a little water . About the middle of May some of them will start , that is , show their flower - stem . As soon as this appears , let it be pinched off . Let them be well supplied with water ...
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... soil at the top , lay it in ridges in April or May , about two feet apart , made high and sharp ; when the weeds appear about three inches high , turn the ridges into the furrows , ( never moving the ground except in dry weather ) , and ...
... soil at the top , lay it in ridges in April or May , about two feet apart , made high and sharp ; when the weeds appear about three inches high , turn the ridges into the furrows , ( never moving the ground except in dry weather ) , and ...
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... soil , an actual profit was raised on the first year's outlay . Nor was the issue of their efforts during the second year less encouraging to the committee , for they reported to the meeting in Nov. 1838 , that 1577. 13s . 9d . E ་ had ...
... soil , an actual profit was raised on the first year's outlay . Nor was the issue of their efforts during the second year less encouraging to the committee , for they reported to the meeting in Nov. 1838 , that 1577. 13s . 9d . E ་ had ...
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... soil may give all its produce , the skill of the agriculturist must be superadded to the labour of the peasant . A right direction , as well as a stimulus , must be applied to the mind by the superintendence and occasional intercourse ...
... soil may give all its produce , the skill of the agriculturist must be superadded to the labour of the peasant . A right direction , as well as a stimulus , must be applied to the mind by the superintendence and occasional intercourse ...
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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.