British Farmer's Magazine, Issue 25James Ridgway, 1854 |
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... acre of guano ; allowing a bushel of fish to weigh 56lbs . , this would be equal to a dressing of 11 tons per acre ; and allowing nine - tenths of this to be water , we have an application of about 3 cwt . of solid animal matter per acre ...
... acre of guano ; allowing a bushel of fish to weigh 56lbs . , this would be equal to a dressing of 11 tons per acre ; and allowing nine - tenths of this to be water , we have an application of about 3 cwt . of solid animal matter per acre ...
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... acres of last four years , about 5,000,000 quarters of wheat wheat . We have imported annually , during the and flour , or exactly one quarter per acre more than our home produce ( a ton of guano is the equi- valent of ten quarters of ...
... acres of last four years , about 5,000,000 quarters of wheat wheat . We have imported annually , during the and flour , or exactly one quarter per acre more than our home produce ( a ton of guano is the equi- valent of ten quarters of ...
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... acres between Northampton and Peterboro ' , as stated in the valuable extract given below , what must have been the number of acres overflown throughout the kingdom during the floods of last year - and that overflowing twice repeated ...
... acres between Northampton and Peterboro ' , as stated in the valuable extract given below , what must have been the number of acres overflown throughout the kingdom during the floods of last year - and that overflowing twice repeated ...
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... acres of valuable land un- watered by the united streams of the Rye and Der- went , and receiving the upland waters of a much more extensive catchment basin . The case is so different from that of the Plumstead Marshes that it is only ...
... acres of valuable land un- watered by the united streams of the Rye and Der- went , and receiving the upland waters of a much more extensive catchment basin . The case is so different from that of the Plumstead Marshes that it is only ...
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... acres . Several pro- posals had been made for draining the upper portion of the valley ; but it was only in 1845 ... acres were drained ; but 300 of them were on more elevated ground , and are therefore considered not to have been ...
... acres . Several pro- posals had been made for draining the upper portion of the valley ; but it was only in 1845 ... acres were drained ; but 300 of them were on more elevated ground , and are therefore considered not to have been ...
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