The Farmers' Instructor: Consisting of Essays, Practical Directions, and Hints for the Management of the Farm and the Garden. Originally Published in the Cultivator; Selected and Revised for the School District Library, Volume 2Harper & brothers, 1844 - Agriculture |
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Page 235 - Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation : for it is better to be alone, than in bad company.
Page 235 - Speak not of doleful things in time of mirth, nor at the table; speak not of melancholy things, as death, and wounds, and if others mention them, change, if you can, the discourse.
Page 233 - In the presence of others, sing not to yourself with a humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet.
Page 134 - ... for the admission of the bud, which directly slip down, close between the wood and bark, to "the bottom of the slit...
Page 22 - The colour or colours of the skin of a pure breed of cattle, whatever those colours are, are always definite. The colour of the bald skin on the nose, and around the eyes, in a pure breed, is always definite, and without spots. This last is an essential point. When horns exist, they should be smooth, small, tapering, and sharp-pointed, long or short, according to the breed, and of a white colour throughout in some breeds, and tipped with black in others. The shape of the horn is a less essential...
Page 235 - Play not the peacock, looking everywhere about you to see if you be well decked, if your shoes fit well, if your stockings sit neatly, and clothes handsomely.
Page 234 - Being to advise, or reprehend any one, consider whether it ought to be in public or in private, presently, or at some...
Page 233 - Be no flatterer, neither play with any one that delights not to be played with. 6. Read no letters, books, or papers in company ; but when there is a necessity for doing it, you must ask leave. Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to read them, unasked ; also, look not nigh when another is writing a letter.
Page 41 - An animal xvith large lungs is capable of converting a given quantity of food into more nourishment than one with smaller lungs ; and therefore has a greater aptitude to fatten.