The New Agriculture: A Popular Outline of the Changes which are Revolutionizing the Methods of Farming and the Habits of Farm LifeMunn, 1906 - 366페이지 |
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115 페이지 - A great portion of the way was over what is called a corduroy road, which is made by throwing trunks of trees into a marsh, and leaving them to settle there. The very slightest of the jolts with which the ponderous carriage fell from log to log, was enough, it m seemed, to have dislocated all the bones in the human body.
223 페이지 - ... that which enables the agriculturist not only to modify the character of his flock, but to change it altogether. It is the magician's wand, by means of which he may summon into life whatever form and mould he pleases.
245 페이지 - Not one man in a thousand has accuracy of eye and judgment sufficient to become an eminent breeder. If gifted with these qualities, and he studies his subject for years, and devotes his lifetime to it with indomitable perseverance, he will succeed, and may make great improvements ; il he wants any of these qualities, he will assuredly fail.
114 페이지 - Courts to alter them withdrawn ? To me these things seem indispensably necessary, and it is my opinion they will take place in time...
220 페이지 - It is certain that several of our eminent breeders have, even within a single lifetime, modified to a large extent their breeds of cattle and sheep.
364 페이지 - I would be nobler than to clutch My little world with gloating grasp; Now, while I live, my hands unclasp, Or let me hold it not so much For my own joy as for the good Of all the gentle brotherhood.
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304 페이지 - A large amount of ploughing is done by farmers' sons of the age of fourteen years and upwards. To follow the team in the furrow, day after day, is very tiresome work, and has the effect of giving the boy a heavy, awkward gait, by stiffening the lower limbs — a condition from which he seldom, if ever, recovers. To remedy this, the plough should be made to run on wheels, giving the driver a sulky seat upon which to ride. This can be done without extra power to move it, as the wheels will relieve...
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