The Quarterly Journal of Agricult1838 |
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... plough it down as manure , before the funguses arrived at maturity to again scatter their seeds . An abundant liming of such a soil might also prove advantageous , from the lime , while in a caustic state , burning and destroying the ...
... plough it down as manure , before the funguses arrived at maturity to again scatter their seeds . An abundant liming of such a soil might also prove advantageous , from the lime , while in a caustic state , burning and destroying the ...
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... plough is made of a sharp pointed block of hard babul wood , or Egyptian thorn , with a pole in front , at whose extremity is a Vide a small but valuable essay , entitled , “ Means for Ameliorating India , deduced from personal ...
... plough is made of a sharp pointed block of hard babul wood , or Egyptian thorn , with a pole in front , at whose extremity is a Vide a small but valuable essay , entitled , “ Means for Ameliorating India , deduced from personal ...
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... ploughing , " says Mr Marshall , in his excellent Statistical Ac- count of the Pergunnah of Padshapoor- " A heavy and consequently a clumsy plough , and a team of four or some . times five pairs of the strongest cattle ( generally ...
... ploughing , " says Mr Marshall , in his excellent Statistical Ac- count of the Pergunnah of Padshapoor- " A heavy and consequently a clumsy plough , and a team of four or some . times five pairs of the strongest cattle ( generally ...
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... plough , the mode of harnessing the cattle to it , and of keeping the machine in motion . The plough itself consists of a heavy , three cornered block for a share which has a constant tendency to drive deeper into the earth , and to ...
... plough , the mode of harnessing the cattle to it , and of keeping the machine in motion . The plough itself consists of a heavy , three cornered block for a share which has a constant tendency to drive deeper into the earth , and to ...
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... plough adapted to the red sandy soil , the other like the great plough to the black . The first consists of one bar of wood five or six feet in length , through which are driven about six stout iron tines or spikes , projecting about ...
... plough adapted to the red sandy soil , the other like the great plough to the black . The first consists of one bar of wood five or six feet in length , through which are driven about six stout iron tines or spikes , projecting about ...
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Page 428 - ... on the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of the said lands, and on the overseers of such parishes, and on the trustees, surveyors of highways, or other persons having the care of such roads or streets.
Page 210 - The subjects of every State ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible in proportion to their respective abilities ; that is, in proportion to the revenue they respectively enjoy under the protection of the State .... In the observation or neglect of this maxim, consists what is called the equality 'or inequality of taxation.
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Page 436 - Railway is intended to pass a Plan and Section of all such Alterations from the original Plan and Section as shall have been approved of by Parliament, on the same Scale and containing the same Particulars as the original Plan and Section of the Railway...
Page 426 - ... made of the names of such owners and occupiers, distinguishing which of them, upon such application, have assented to or dissented from such intended cut, canal, aqueduct or...
Page 29 - He told of the magnolia, spread High as a cloud, high over head ! The cypress and her spire ; — Of flowers that with one scarlet gleam Cover a hundred leagues, and seem To set the hills on fire.
Page 425 - One Shilling for every such Inspection, and the further Sum of One Shilling for every Hour during which such Inspection shall continue after the first Hour, and after the Rate of Sixpence for every One hundred Words copied therefrom.
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Page 432 - WE beg to inform you, that Application is intended to be made to Parliament in the ensuing Session for