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 214
... crop . In the fpring the plants will come up ; and when they have stood one year , they may be taken up , their tap - roots fhortened , and afterwards planted in the nursery . When they are of fufficient size to be planted out finally ...
... crop . In the fpring the plants will come up ; and when they have stood one year , they may be taken up , their tap - roots fhortened , and afterwards planted in the nursery . When they are of fufficient size to be planted out finally ...
Page 247
... crops for the fake of fertilizing the foil ; and who confined their fheep at night in large fheds built on purpose , the floors of which were covered with fand or virgin earth , & c . which the shepherd carted away each morning to the ...
... crops for the fake of fertilizing the foil ; and who confined their fheep at night in large fheds built on purpose , the floors of which were covered with fand or virgin earth , & c . which the shepherd carted away each morning to the ...
Page 249
... crop in favour of his people . But , without any improper partiality to our own country , we are fully juftified in ... crops for a year or two : I i and 1 27 ftances on d . Theory . along with Hiftory . 249 AGRICULTUR E.
... crop in favour of his people . But , without any improper partiality to our own country , we are fully juftified in ... crops for a year or two : I i and 1 27 ftances on d . Theory . along with Hiftory . 249 AGRICULTUR E.
Page 250
... crop , than to keep his fields conftantly soaking with water , and apply his labour only for that purpose , with- out regarding either tillage , manure , or the difference of foils . Experience has abundantly shown , that by certain ...
... crop , than to keep his fields conftantly soaking with water , and apply his labour only for that purpose , with- out regarding either tillage , manure , or the difference of foils . Experience has abundantly shown , that by certain ...
Page 252
... crops of vegetables . If all of these shall perations of be found confpiring to one general purpose , then the ... crop of vegetables is produced . By a repetition of the ploughing , these are turned with their roots up- wards ...
... crops of vegetables . If all of these shall perations of be found confpiring to one general purpose , then the ... crop of vegetables is produced . By a repetition of the ploughing , these are turned with their roots up- wards ...
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acid acre againſt alfo alkali almoſt alſo ancient anſwer atmoſphere barley becauſe beſt cafe called calyx cauſe colour common air confequently confiderable confifts crop dephlogiſticated air diminiſhed diſtance Dr Priestley dung earth eſpecially experiments faid falt fame fays fecond feed feems feet fenfe fent feven feveral fhould fide fignifies filk firft firſt fituation fixed air fluid fmall foil fome fometimes foon fowing fown fpecies fpring ftand ftate ftill ftone ftrong fubftances fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed furface furrow grains greateſt ground harrow heat hiftory himſelf inches increaſe inflammable air itſelf kind king laft land laſt leaſt lefs leſs likewife meaſure moft moſt muſt neceffary nitrous air obferved occafion paffed perfon phlogiſticated plants plough poffible prefent produced publiſhed purpoſe quantity raiſed reafon ſeveral ſmall ſome ſpace ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tube turnip ufed uſed veffel vegetable weft whofe