Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 1. köide,1. osaColin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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Page 250
... Soil . 6 per for nous THOUGH plants will grow on any kind of earth , and All kinds of earth not flourish vigorously , if plentifully fupplied with water ; equally pro- yet fome kinds of foil are found much more proper for fupplying them ...
... Soil . 6 per for nous THOUGH plants will grow on any kind of earth , and All kinds of earth not flourish vigorously , if plentifully fupplied with water ; equally pro- yet fome kinds of foil are found much more proper for fupplying them ...
Page 254
... Soils , and the Ma- nures most proper for each . ACCORDING to the theory we have juft now laid must at last down , the richest foil must be that which contains the be impove - greatest quantity of putrid matter , either animal or ve ...
... Soils , and the Ma- nures most proper for each . ACCORDING to the theory we have juft now laid must at last down , the richest foil must be that which contains the be impove - greatest quantity of putrid matter , either animal or ve ...
Page 255
... soil than lime , ought only to be used for the firit . Befides dunging land which has been ex- hausted by long cropping , it is of great fervice to let it lie fallow for fome time : for to this it owed its ori- ginal fertility ; and ...
... soil than lime , ought only to be used for the firit . Befides dunging land which has been ex- hausted by long cropping , it is of great fervice to let it lie fallow for fome time : for to this it owed its ori- ginal fertility ; and ...
Page 257
... Soil : 35 Soil pulve- THE methods of meliorating foils , which we have rized by mentioned above , confifting of tedious and laborious certain ve- operations that yield no return at first , it is natural for getables . a farmer to wifh ...
... Soil : 35 Soil pulve- THE methods of meliorating foils , which we have rized by mentioned above , confifting of tedious and laborious certain ve- operations that yield no return at first , it is natural for getables . a farmer to wifh ...
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... soil is exceeding rich . It is often found on those patches near fprings , over which the water fre- quently flows ; and may be known by the uncommon 2_ foftness and fucculence of the blade , the lively light Theory . green colour of ...
... soil is exceeding rich . It is often found on those patches near fprings , over which the water fre- quently flows ; and may be known by the uncommon 2_ foftness and fucculence of the blade , the lively light Theory . green colour of ...
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