American Quarterly Review, Volume 21Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 - Serial publications |
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... nature of the atmosphere , and its influence upon vegetables ; animal , vegetable , and mineral manures ; and the chemical effect of the different modes of improving lands . These lectures are written in a clear and vigorous style , and ...
... nature of the atmosphere , and its influence upon vegetables ; animal , vegetable , and mineral manures ; and the chemical effect of the different modes of improving lands . These lectures are written in a clear and vigorous style , and ...
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... nature ; but , although exalted above inorganic matter , vegetables are yet , in a great measure , dependent for their existence upon its laws . They receive their nourishment from the external elements ; they assimilate it by means of ...
... nature ; but , although exalted above inorganic matter , vegetables are yet , in a great measure , dependent for their existence upon its laws . They receive their nourishment from the external elements ; they assimilate it by means of ...
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... nature to do what in many other countries is effected only by laborious art . When , however , the country becomes so densely populated as to require economy of space , art will come in to supply the deficiencies of nature , and hus ...
... nature to do what in many other countries is effected only by laborious art . When , however , the country becomes so densely populated as to require economy of space , art will come in to supply the deficiencies of nature , and hus ...
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... Nature and Reason Har- monized in the Practice of Husbandry , by the late John Lorain ; Philadelphia , 1825. Compendium of Cattle Medicine , by James White ; republished , Philadelphia , 1827. Manual on the Mul- berry Tree , by James H ...
... Nature and Reason Har- monized in the Practice of Husbandry , by the late John Lorain ; Philadelphia , 1825. Compendium of Cattle Medicine , by James White ; republished , Philadelphia , 1827. Manual on the Mul- berry Tree , by James H ...
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... natural advantages of soil place it above competition with the east in this respect . It is only by a system of internal ... Nature has provided us with the resources of a great agricul- tural nation - in our vast tracts of fertile soil ...
... natural advantages of soil place it above competition with the east in this respect . It is only by a system of internal ... Nature has provided us with the resources of a great agricul- tural nation - in our vast tracts of fertile soil ...
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