THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL AGRICILTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND VOLUME THE FIRST 1840. |
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Common terms and phrases
acid acre ammonia animal appears applied arable ascertain average barley Berkshire breed bushels butter calcareous carbonate carbonic acid cattle cent clay clover Clydesdale horses containing water cows crop cultivation Deanston depth districts ditto drains draught drills dung earth effect equal ewes excrements experiments farm farmer favourable feet fertility field fleece flock furrow grain grass greater ground gypsum horses humic acid humus husbandry improvement inches increased labour lambs land less lime magnesia manure matter meadows milk mode nearly nitrate of soda oats observed obtained pasture plants plough portion potatoes power of containing practice produce proportion quantity result ridges rotation salt saltpetre sandy Scotch Scotland season seed sheep siliceous siliceous sand soil sown specific gravity stone straw subsoil subsoil-plough substances surface swing-plough tiles tion trial turnips urine vegetable water-meadows weight wheat wheels whole wool
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