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Page 27
... moisture is imbibed through the pores of the bark of roots ; but that the whole nourishment of the plant is absorbed at the extremities only of the fmall- eft ramifications of the roots . Hence , then , it follows , that the more ...
... moisture is imbibed through the pores of the bark of roots ; but that the whole nourishment of the plant is absorbed at the extremities only of the fmall- eft ramifications of the roots . Hence , then , it follows , that the more ...
Page 52
... greatly retard their growth ; for no plant delights more in a moderate degree of moisture than the white thorn ; which is probably one reafon why it thrives thrives better in this method of planting than any other 52 OF INCLOSURES.
... greatly retard their growth ; for no plant delights more in a moderate degree of moisture than the white thorn ; which is probably one reafon why it thrives thrives better in this method of planting than any other 52 OF INCLOSURES.
Page 95
... mellow earth , by the fides of rivulets or running- water , which often rifes near the furface of them , by being kept always foft by the natural moisture , without as best for that plant . The willow , as AND FENCES . 95.
... mellow earth , by the fides of rivulets or running- water , which often rifes near the furface of them , by being kept always foft by the natural moisture , without as best for that plant . The willow , as AND FENCES . 95.
Page 138
James Anderson. carry off any water that may fall upon them , or any moisture that may ooze out of fprings . § XXXI . Of freeing the Fields , thus fenced , from Wa- ter that might arise from Springs within the fame . But , it is not only ...
James Anderson. carry off any water that may fall upon them , or any moisture that may ooze out of fprings . § XXXI . Of freeing the Fields , thus fenced , from Wa- ter that might arise from Springs within the fame . But , it is not only ...
Page 157
... moisture from this level ground entirely , fo that it , in a very fhort time , lofes a great deal of that fertility for which it used to be fo remark- able . And , as this low ground comes to be thus joined with the rest of the field ...
... moisture from this level ground entirely , fo that it , in a very fhort time , lofes a great deal of that fertility for which it used to be fo remark- able . And , as this low ground comes to be thus joined with the rest of the field ...
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Page 245 - ... immediately after the cocks are put up, fo as to overturn them, nothing elfe can hurt the hay ; as I have often experienced, that no rain, however' violent, ever penetrates into thefe cocks but for a very little way.
Page i - MD, Professor of the Practice of Physic in the University of Edinburgh. HEAT. By TS TRAILL, MD, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence in the University of Edinburgh. HELMINTHOLOGY. By JAMES WILSON, FRSE HEMP. By TC ARCHER, Author of "Popular Economic Botany,
Page 79 - An expert operator will perform this work with much greater expedition than one who has not feen it done could cafily imagine.
Page 85 - And as the (hoots become lefs vigorous every fucctffive feafon, there will be lefs difficulty in preferving them at any future period. It will always be proper, however, to trim the fides of a very vigorous hedge for fome years while it is young, about the fame feafon of the year, which will tend powerfully to prevent this malady. But when the hedge has advanced to any confidcrable height, it will be equally proper to clip it during any of the winter-months, before Candlemas.
Page 244 - Inflead of allowing the hay to lie, as ufual in moft places, for fonie days in the fwathe after it is cut, and afterwards alternately putting it up into cocks, and fpreading it out, and tedding it in the fun, which tends greatly to bleach the hay,— exhales its natural juices, and...
Page 323 - ... from the fides of the pot, and crumbled into a thoufand pieces, all of them equally friable with the bits of lime dried up by the fun, which we ufually meet on the banks of our lime pits. With regard to the other part...
Page 244 - ... of being made good for little, I make it a general rule, if poffible, never to cut hay but when the grafs is quite dry ; and then make the gatherers follow clofe upon the cutters, — putting it up immediately into fmall cocks, about three feet high each, when new put up, and of as fmall a diameter as they can be made to...
Page 248 - ... it is cut, and before it is gathered ; the generality of farmers feeming to be very well fatisfied if they get in their hay without being abfolutely rotted ; never paying the leaft attention to its having been feveral times thoroughly wetted while the hay was making. But, if thefe gentlemen will take the trouble at any time to compare any parcel of hay that has been made...
Page 246 - ... pitchfork, lift up one of thefe fmall cocks between them with the greateft eafe, and carry them, one after another, to the place where the tramp-cock is to be built * : And in this manner they proceed over the field till the whole is fmifhed.