Queensland agricultural journal Volume 5, Volume 5Government Printer, South Africa, 1899 - 608 páginas |
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... give rigidity . This , with a pole for a couple of horses , will be all that is needed . The ordinary form of slide often used by farmers , with the addition of a couple of runners , is as near the pattern of a simple land marker as I ...
... give rigidity . This , with a pole for a couple of horses , will be all that is needed . The ordinary form of slide often used by farmers , with the addition of a couple of runners , is as near the pattern of a simple land marker as I ...
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... give the ground the best advantage of sun heat ( it being continually borne in mind that this is a purely summer crop that revels in warmth ) , that the drills should be struck out north and south , thus as far as possible giving the ...
... give the ground the best advantage of sun heat ( it being continually borne in mind that this is a purely summer crop that revels in warmth ) , that the drills should be struck out north and south , thus as far as possible giving the ...
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... give my expe- rience for the benefit of my fellow - farmers , whom I certainly cannot advise to go in heavily for the cultivation of the peanut , for reasons they will notice further on ; still they will not ruin themselves by ...
... give my expe- rience for the benefit of my fellow - farmers , whom I certainly cannot advise to go in heavily for the cultivation of the peanut , for reasons they will notice further on ; still they will not ruin themselves by ...
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... gives their yields in milk and butter per 100 lb of milk as follows : - Shorthorn , 4,000 lb. of milk per season ... give the richest milk . The Jersey and the Devon are , perhaps , the most noted in this regard . They do not yield ...
... gives their yields in milk and butter per 100 lb of milk as follows : - Shorthorn , 4,000 lb. of milk per season ... give the richest milk . The Jersey and the Devon are , perhaps , the most noted in this regard . They do not yield ...
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... give way to the power of inheritance on the part of the English blood . The influence of the English type is indeed so decided and powerful that all lambs I bred in this way are considered to be pure blood English , and they perfectly ...
... give way to the power of inheritance on the part of the English blood . The influence of the English type is indeed so decided and powerful that all lambs I bred in this way are considered to be pure blood English , and they perfectly ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
acre Agricultural Angora goat animals apothecia Australia bark better boric acid breed Brisbane Bundaberg bushels cane cattle cent charlock coffee colony colour condition corn cow pea crop cultivation dairy disease district drains eggs especially experience farm farmers favour feed feet fertilisers fibre flowers forests fruit garden give green manuring ground growers growing grown growth grubs hair harvesting Herberton herd horses Hymenium important inches industry inoculation kainit labour land leaves lime maize manure matter milk months nitrogen nut-grass obtained panicles paraphyses peaberry phosphoric acid pigs plant food plough potash potatoes present produce pruning quantity Queensland Rockhampton roots rust season seed sheep skin soil South South Wales sowing sugar sulphate superphosphate supply telegony Thallus ticks timber tobacco tons trees tuberculosis varieties wheat wood wool yield
Passagens conhecidas
Página 26 - Yet nature is made better by no mean But nature makes that mean: so, over that art, Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race: this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Página 363 - The milk-bottle is set on this false bottom, and sufficient water is put into the pail to reach the level of the surface of the milk in the bottle. A hole may be punched in the cover of the pail, a cork inserted, and a chemical thermom.
Página 25 - I find in the domestic duck that the bones of the wing weigh less and the bones of the leg more, in proportion to the whole skeleton, than do the same bones in the wild duck; and this change may be safely attributed to the domestic duck flying much less, and walking more, than its wild parents.
Página 321 - ASCERTAIN THE WEIGHT OF CATTLE. Measure the girt close behind the shoulder, and the length from the fore part of the shoulderblade along the back to the bone at the tail which is in a vertical line with the buttock, both in feet. Multiply the square of the girt, expressed in feet, by five times the length, and divide the product by 21 ; the quotient is the weight, nearly, of the four quarters, in imperial stones of 14 Ib.
Página 359 - ... corresponding with the serrations that we had observed in the other fibre that had been viewed as a transparent object. It was not at once that the eye could adapt itself to the brilliancy of the object; but by degrees these divisions developed themselves, and could be accurately traced.
Página 18 - To give one instance out of several which I have observed : — I crossed some white fantails, which breed very true, with some black barbs — and it so happens that blue varieties of barbs are so rare that I never heard of an instance in England ; and the mongrels were black, brown, and mottled.
Página 25 - The address of these dogs consists in restraining their ardour, and attaching themselves to no animal in particular, but keeping the whole herd in check. Now, among these dogs some are found, which, the very first time they are taken to the woods, are acquainted with this mode of attack ; whereas, a dog of another breed starts forward at once, is surrounded by the pecari, and, whatever may be his strength, is destroyed in a moment.
Página 145 - The seal of the company shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the board of directors, and in the presence of at least two...
Página 17 - Agassiz believed in telegony. He was strongly of opinion • that the act of fecundation is not an act which is limited in its effect, but that it is an act which affects the whole system, the sexual system especially; and in the sexual system the ovary to be impregnated hereafter is so modified by the first act that later impregnations do not efface that first impression.
Página 124 - The people of any race, other than the aboriginal race in any State, for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws.