British Farmer's Magazine, Issue 25James Ridgway, 1854 |
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... Labour - Can the Farmer economise ? Em- ployment of Oxen , 49 Horse , the comparative Powers of the , 258 Farm Buildings , on the Ventilation of . By James Horses , Farm , 264 D. Ferguson , 36 Farm Horses , on the Improvement of , 334 ...
... Labour - Can the Farmer economise ? Em- ployment of Oxen , 49 Horse , the comparative Powers of the , 258 Farm Buildings , on the Ventilation of . By James Horses , Farm , 264 D. Ferguson , 36 Farm Horses , on the Improvement of , 334 ...
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... labour nor expense to avert the calami- ties of which we complain ( for the task is too much for them to perform ) , considerable deterioration being always sustained . The ox , for instance , always loses fat , supposing his bowels ...
... labour nor expense to avert the calami- ties of which we complain ( for the task is too much for them to perform ) , considerable deterioration being always sustained . The ox , for instance , always loses fat , supposing his bowels ...
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... labour and manure ; and , although we think ourselves the best farmers in the world , I very much doubt if we are not eclipsed by the Belgians and Dutch . The nearer farming approaches to gardening , be assured the larger will be our ...
... labour and manure ; and , although we think ourselves the best farmers in the world , I very much doubt if we are not eclipsed by the Belgians and Dutch . The nearer farming approaches to gardening , be assured the larger will be our ...
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... labour required in cleaning and bevelling off the edges of the open furrows to prevent them crumbling in by the ... labours can be depended upon , for the re- moval of floods in winter and spring from tenacious clay soils , and even many ...
... labour required in cleaning and bevelling off the edges of the open furrows to prevent them crumbling in by the ... labours can be depended upon , for the re- moval of floods in winter and spring from tenacious clay soils , and even many ...
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... labour ( to say nothing of the consequential profits ) is obvious , for , if cleared out when newly - ploughed , the work can be done at half the expense which it would cost after wards , especially if overtaken by rain . To many , such ...
... labour ( to say nothing of the consequential profits ) is obvious , for , if cleared out when newly - ploughed , the work can be done at half the expense which it would cost after wards , especially if overtaken by rain . To many , such ...
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