The Encyclopaedia Britannica, Or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature: A - Ana, 2. köideBlack, 1853 - 840 pages |
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Page 259
... Ryegrass was now sown along with it . Turnips were hand - hoed , and extensively employed in feeding sheep and cattle , in the same manner as at present . The first considerable improvement in the practice of that Tull . period was ...
... Ryegrass was now sown along with it . Turnips were hand - hoed , and extensively employed in feeding sheep and cattle , in the same manner as at present . The first considerable improvement in the practice of that Tull . period was ...
Page 263
... ryegrass , began to be alternated with grain crops , and hence the name alternate husbandry , by which this improved system is generally known . The land was now also generally ren- dered clean and mellow by a summer fallow , before ...
... ryegrass , began to be alternated with grain crops , and hence the name alternate husbandry , by which this improved system is generally known . The land was now also generally ren- dered clean and mellow by a summer fallow , before ...
Page 265
... ryegrass , winter beans , white Belgian carrot , and sugar beet . Agricul- tural So- cieties . Let us look now at the means by which , during this period , agricultural knowledge has at once been increased and dif- fused . Notice has ...
... ryegrass , winter beans , white Belgian carrot , and sugar beet . Agricul- tural So- cieties . Let us look now at the means by which , during this period , agricultural knowledge has at once been increased and dif- fused . Notice has ...
Page 292
... rye - grass , unmixed with any other plant , is now frequently taken in lieu of clover , on part of the division usually allocated to it , and proves a grateful change both to the land and to the animals which consume it . In like ...
... rye - grass , unmixed with any other plant , is now frequently taken in lieu of clover , on part of the division usually allocated to it , and proves a grateful change both to the land and to the animals which consume it . In like ...
Page 295
... rye - grass , of which 15 ( Scotch ) acres were under cultivation , some with seed supplied by Mr Dickinson , whose successful cultivation of it by similar means near London has long been known . The first cutting of this had yielded ...
... rye - grass , of which 15 ( Scotch ) acres were under cultivation , some with seed supplied by Mr Dickinson , whose successful cultivation of it by similar means near London has long been known . The first cutting of this had yielded ...
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