Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of ScotlandW. Blackwood, 1867 |
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1st Jan 1st January Aberdeen acid acre Agricultural Albuminous compounds Alexander ammonia animal approved Report average Ayrshire Bart beans Best Cock Best Cockerel Blackfaced Bolshan breed Bronze Medal Bulbs bushels calved after 1st cattle cent cheese Competition cows Cwts dairy disease District ditto ditto ditto Dounreay drams Edinburgh effect Eight Sovereigns Ewes experiments farm farmers feet Five Sovereigns foaled Fochabers Forres four shear Fourth-Commended George Glasgow grain grass green crop guano horses inches Inverness James John Kilmarnock land Leaves lodged by 1st manure matters Medium Gold Medal milk Netherplace Nitrogen oats pasture Phosphoric Acid plants plots ploughed potatoes Premiums produce proprietor quantity Robert roods roots ryegrass Scots pine season Second best seed Sewage Shearling Silver Medal Society Society-Convener soil sowing sown Stirling straw Third best Thomas timber Tons trees turnips uric acid variety weight wheat William wood
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106 페이지 - ... set on, inclining upwards and curving slightly inwards; neck, long and straight from the head to the top of the shoulder, free from loose skin on the under side, fine at its junction with the head, and the muscles symmetrically enlarging towards the shoulders; shoulders, thin at the top; brisket, light; the whole...
224 페이지 - ... Boards of Management, several of the earlier objects contemplated by the Society were abandoned, while the progress of agriculture led to the adoption of others of a more general character. The exertions of the Society were thus early extended to the whole of Scotland, and have since been continuously directed to the promotion of the science and practice of agriculture in all its branches.
224 페이지 - SCOTLAND. Among the more important measures which have been effected by the Society are — 1. Agricultural Meetings and General Shows of Stock, Implements, &c. , held in the principal towns of Scotland, at which exhibitors from all parts of the United Kingdom are allowed to compete. 2. A system of District Shows instituted for the purpose of improving the breeds of Stock most suitable for different parts of the country, and of aiding and directing the efforts of Local Agricultural Associations....
74 페이지 - THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
106 페이지 - ... broad, and firmly attached to the body; the sole or under surface nearly level; the teats from two to two and a half inches in length, equal in thickness, and hanging perpendicularly; their distance apart at the sides should be equal to about one-third...
106 페이지 - ... the length of the vessel ; and across to about one-half of the breadth. LEGS short, the bones fine, and the joints firm. SKIN soft and elastic, and covered with soft, close, woolly hair.
506 페이지 - ... been selected with that care necessary to secure a trustworthy analysis upon which the farmer might safely predict the success of his mode of cultivation. In selecting soils for analysis, five or six spadefuls should be taken from different parts of the field, and, after being spread out in a thin layer for several days to dry, should be put twice, at least, through a fine sieve to insure uniform mixture. If a complete analysis be required, not less than two pounds should be sent ; for a partial...
89 페이지 - every process connected with the milk, the butter, or the cheese, is conducted by...
450 페이지 - ... consequence of their accession to the rebellion of 1745. The funds required to defray the expense of the charter, however, were raised by subscription, and the members then were only about 150. In 1799 the society began to publish its transactions or prize essays. At present its members number 4500. The ordinary subscription is £1 3s. 6d. annually, which may be redeemed by one payment of £12 12s. Tenant-farmers are admitted on a subscription of 10s. annually, or £5 5s. for life. The more important...