A Manual of Scientific and Practical Agriculture: For the School and the FarmLindsay & Blakiston, 1859 - 418 |
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A Manual of Scientific and Practical Agriculture, for the School and the Farm John Lyle Campbell Ograniczony podgląd - 2023 |
A Manual of Scientific and Practical Agriculture, for the School and the Farm John Lyle Campbell Ograniczony podgląd - 2023 |
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Strona 160 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Strona 337 - ... so much to do in settling this question. The general rule must be, to keep the earth loose and well stirred ; the early workings to be deep and close ; and as the crop comes on and the fruit begins to appear, let these workings be less close, and shallower, keeping the soil soft and clean. It is of great importance to work this crop late, and it should not cease until the branches lock or the cotton begins to open.
Strona 337 - ... last working, but the ploughing should be less close, and shallower, than at the former working. The hoes have much to do in the culture of this crop, and must be prepared to devote pretty much all their time to it, constantly passing over, and perfecting that which cannot be done with the ploughs, by thinning out surplus stalks, cleaning away remaining bunches of grass, stirring about the roots of the plant, and if need be, adding a little earth to them. It is difficult, in a treatise of this...
Strona 330 - ... may be practicable, to correct or cure these defects of the soil in its natural state. We may not hope to remedy all the imperfections, yet it is the province of the cultivator to approximate as nearly as possible, and by preparation and culture, to endeavor to meet these peculiar wants of the plant. The first inquiry which presents itself is, to know what are the peculiarities of those soils which suit the growth and maturity of cotton. Experience is perhaps the safest and most reliable test,...
Strona 205 - With small stones, choking from either of these causes can not take place if a good turf be laid grass side down above the stones, and the earth then trampled in hard. Cypress or cedar shavings are sometimes used, but are not quite so safe as a good sound turf. The water should find its way into the drain from the sides, and not from the top. The accompanying figure represents the arrangement of the stones : a is the turf on top; if the water enters at the sides...
Strona 430 - Measure. 4 gills make 1 pint 2 pints 1 quart 4 quarts 1 gallon 10 gallons 1 anker of brandy 42 gallons 1 tierce 63 gallons...
Strona 325 - Curing yellow tobacco with charcoal at a high temperature, kept up day and night, is, recommended.* " It is best to fire all grades of shipping tobacco, and cure it a dark nutmeg color. * * From 24 to 36 hours after cutting, if the tobacco is ripe — if not, from 36 to 48 hours, according to the weather — seems to be about the right time to commence firing. Begin with small fires, and bring the tobacco to a proper state, and then increase the fires.
Strona 323 - The modes adopted vary somewhat with the end for which the crop is designed. " Tobacco for manufacturing purposes should be exposed to the air on scaffolds ; and if ripe and sun-cured, it will have that — • • • — sweet, aromatic flavor so pecnliar to good tobacco.