The Cultivator, Volumen7New York State Agricultural Society, 1850 |
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... fact that in a single letter , it is impos . sible to embrace all of any particular subject or de . partment . There are some points almost always left unexplained , or some details omitted , which are necessary to the uninstructed ...
... fact that in a single letter , it is impos . sible to embrace all of any particular subject or de . partment . There are some points almost always left unexplained , or some details omitted , which are necessary to the uninstructed ...
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... fact , that where heavy and compact sward prevails , a long period , and full action of the elements are required to subdue and prepare it to nourish and sus- tain vegetation . This obvious principle does not apply to the soils of which ...
... fact , that where heavy and compact sward prevails , a long period , and full action of the elements are required to subdue and prepare it to nourish and sus- tain vegetation . This obvious principle does not apply to the soils of which ...
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... fact has been confirmed to my mind by a cause of severe disappointment and cha- grin , and I allude to it for the benefit and guidance of others . After repeated plowing of sandy soils , I have observed that an encrustation is often ...
... fact has been confirmed to my mind by a cause of severe disappointment and cha- grin , and I allude to it for the benefit and guidance of others . After repeated plowing of sandy soils , I have observed that an encrustation is often ...
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... fact the oxides of metals , led the way to improve- ment . The next important discovery was the ele- ments of plants , showing beyond dispute their simi- larity with the soils on which they grow ; and sub- sequently the due proportions ...
... fact the oxides of metals , led the way to improve- ment . The next important discovery was the ele- ments of plants , showing beyond dispute their simi- larity with the soils on which they grow ; and sub- sequently the due proportions ...
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... fact that their labor is lost , their expecta- tions blasted ; and they have the mortification of seeing nearly all , or indeed , often , the whole crop fall from the trees when half or two - thirds grown . I have tried several remedies ...
... fact that their labor is lost , their expecta- tions blasted ; and they have the mortification of seeing nearly all , or indeed , often , the whole crop fall from the trees when half or two - thirds grown . I have tried several remedies ...
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Página 57 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Página 155 - ANNUAL OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY ; or, Year Book of Facts in Science and Art, exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astronomy, Meteorology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Geography, Antiquities, etc.
Página 57 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Página 67 - ... ideas. And although kingdoms and provinces may be wrested from the hands that hold them, in the same manner they were obtained ; although ordinary and vulgar power may, in human affairs, be lost as it has been won ; yet it is the glorious prerogative of the empire of knowledge, that what it gains it never loses.
Página 402 - Nay, the farm-servant, or day-labourer, whether in his master's employ, or tending the concerns of his own cottage, must derive great practical benefit, — must be both a better servant, and a more thrifty, and therefore comfortable, cottager, for knowing something of the nature of soils and manures, which Chemistry teaches, and something of the habits of animals, and the qualities and growth of plants, which he learns from Natural History and Chemistry together.
Página 38 - To DIFFUSE KNOWLEDGE. It is proposed— 1. To publish a series of periodical reports on the progress of the different branches of knowledge ; and, 2. To publish occasionally separate treatises on subjects of general interest.
Página 160 - Thomas; containing directions for the propagation and culture of Fruit Trees, in the Nursery, Orchard, and Garden; with descriptions of the principal American and Foreign varieties cultivated in the United States: with 300 accurate illustrations.
Página 38 - To stimulate men of talent to make original researches, by offering suitable rewards for memoirs containing new truths; and 2. To appropriate annually a portion of the income for particular researches, under the direction of suitable persons.
Página 133 - This fully explains the difference in the necessary methods of culture for different places ; since it is obvious that the essential elements of the soil must vary with the varieties of composition of the rocks, from the disintegration of which they originated. Wheat, clover, turnips, for example, each require certain elements from the soil ; they will not flourish where the appropriate elements are absent. Science teaches us what elements are essential to every species of plants by an analysis of...
Página 66 - My friend, to have thought far too little, we shall find among the capital faults in the review of life. To have in our nature a noble part that can think would be a cause for infinite exultation, if it actually did think as much and as well as it can think, and if to have an unthinking mind were not equivalent to having no mind at all. The mind might, and it should be, kept in a state of habitual exertion, that would save us. from needing to appeal for proof of its existence to some occasion yesterday...