British Farmer's Magazine, Issue 25James Ridgway, 1854 |
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... Cultivation in Yorkshire , 512 Flax , Hints to Farmers , 556 Food for the Million , 326 , 434 , 535 Fruit and Flowers - how to keep them always fresh , 511 Horses for the Chase or Camp , on the breeding of , as a profitable Occupation ...
... Cultivation in Yorkshire , 512 Flax , Hints to Farmers , 556 Food for the Million , 326 , 434 , 535 Fruit and Flowers - how to keep them always fresh , 511 Horses for the Chase or Camp , on the breeding of , as a profitable Occupation ...
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... cultivation had already pro- duced a large amount of public benefit ( Hear , hear ) . Whoever looked over the face of the country would find evidences of advancement . Farming had improved to an unprecedented extent within the last ten ...
... cultivation had already pro- duced a large amount of public benefit ( Hear , hear ) . Whoever looked over the face of the country would find evidences of advancement . Farming had improved to an unprecedented extent within the last ten ...
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... cultivation of the vegetables required by its two millions of inhabitants is driven further into the country . In these marshes we have a large extent of fertile soil , favourably situated with respect to the London market and manure ...
... cultivation of the vegetables required by its two millions of inhabitants is driven further into the country . In these marshes we have a large extent of fertile soil , favourably situated with respect to the London market and manure ...
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... cultivation of his men- tal faculties may be extended far beyond the limit of eleven years . Both would be conducted together so that in muscle and in mind he would be growing a fitter workman , a man more likely to prove a credit to ...
... cultivation of his men- tal faculties may be extended far beyond the limit of eleven years . Both would be conducted together so that in muscle and in mind he would be growing a fitter workman , a man more likely to prove a credit to ...
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... cultivation , and therefore the less necessity for any such slow processes . But for subsoiling , for drain - cutting machines , for very deep ploughing or trenching , for using the digging - machine , or possibly in some cases for ...
... cultivation , and therefore the less necessity for any such slow processes . But for subsoiling , for drain - cutting machines , for very deep ploughing or trenching , for using the digging - machine , or possibly in some cases for ...
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