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Page 98
In high , throw in 10 lbs . of clover , 15 lbs . of trefoil , March give it another good
ploughing ; drag , and roll it well . The next summer mow the rake , and harrow it
well to get out the rubbish , crop for lay ; feed off the aftermath with sheep ; and ...
In high , throw in 10 lbs . of clover , 15 lbs . of trefoil , March give it another good
ploughing ; drag , and roll it well . The next summer mow the rake , and harrow it
well to get out the rubbish , crop for lay ; feed off the aftermath with sheep ; and ...
Page 120
The purpose of this forward growth , nor for the superior quality of is to give
opportunity for ploughing , not only these turnips in fattening his stock ; both
wbich along the ridges , but across them . This mode circumstances must stamp a
new and ...
The purpose of this forward growth , nor for the superior quality of is to give
opportunity for ploughing , not only these turnips in fattening his stock ; both
wbich along the ridges , but across them . This mode circumstances must stamp a
new and ...
Page 152
As to feeding in the house , he finds the Irict which gives the name ... It must not ,
however , be gour , or old kept ; and of importance also to feed denied , that a
good old Lincoln has ever been , them regularly , and to give them fresh clean
and ...
As to feeding in the house , he finds the Irict which gives the name ... It must not ,
however , be gour , or old kept ; and of importance also to feed denied , that a
good old Lincoln has ever been , them regularly , and to give them fresh clean
and ...
Page 161
He gives which is here as much a feature of decoration twenty - one years '
leases , and he has already seen and beauty ... He should not , however , he
exhibits a water meadow , where it could be said , give him as a lawyer , but as a
farmer ...
He gives which is here as much a feature of decoration twenty - one years '
leases , and he has already seen and beauty ... He should not , however , he
exhibits a water meadow , where it could be said , give him as a lawyer , but as a
farmer ...
Page 263
When two negro mo - a flag - officer salutes the admiral and commander narchs
visit they embrace in snapping three times in chief of the feet he is to give him
fifteen the middle finger . When the inhabitants of Car - guns ; but wben captains
...
When two negro mo - a flag - officer salutes the admiral and commander narchs
visit they embrace in snapping three times in chief of the feet he is to give him
fifteen the middle finger . When the inhabitants of Car - guns ; but wben captains
...
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| Title | The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Volume 19, Part 1 |
| Editor | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2006 |
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