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Page 121
... which would not for a long time give way to the repeated assurances of others , who had had fifty years ' experience . Those husbandmen could not , of course , ex- plain to me , that a chemical action , called STACKING THE HAY . 121.
... which would not for a long time give way to the repeated assurances of others , who had had fifty years ' experience . Those husbandmen could not , of course , ex- plain to me , that a chemical action , called STACKING THE HAY . 121.
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A New Account of Rural Toils and Produce Jefferys Taylor. plain to me , that a chemical action , called fer- mentation , takes place when herbage is laid together in a mass , and that this effect is gene- rally greater or less , in ...
A New Account of Rural Toils and Produce Jefferys Taylor. plain to me , that a chemical action , called fer- mentation , takes place when herbage is laid together in a mass , and that this effect is gene- rally greater or less , in ...
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... plains , and must have it rectified . Wooden bushels , of exact dimensions , are used . The top is struck off level , with a straight edge . Four bushels make a sack , eight bushels a quarter , and forty bushels one load of wheat . N ...
... plains , and must have it rectified . Wooden bushels , of exact dimensions , are used . The top is struck off level , with a straight edge . Four bushels make a sack , eight bushels a quarter , and forty bushels one load of wheat . N ...
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... for children , written in plain and unaffected , but elegant language . The design of the Author is worked out by means of an interesting story . " - Morning Chronicle . SHORT AND SIMPLE PRAYERS , for the Use of Young New Works .
... for children , written in plain and unaffected , but elegant language . The design of the Author is worked out by means of an interesting story . " - Morning Chronicle . SHORT AND SIMPLE PRAYERS , for the Use of Young New Works .
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... plain , and 5s . 6d . coloured . EASY LESSONS ; or , Lead- ing - Strings to Knowledge . In Three Parts . The First and Third Parts by A LADY , for her own Children ; the Second Part arranged by the late Mrs. TRIMMER . New Edition ; with ...
... plain , and 5s . 6d . coloured . EASY LESSONS ; or , Lead- ing - Strings to Knowledge . In Three Parts . The First and Third Parts by A LADY , for her own Children ; the Second Part arranged by the late Mrs. TRIMMER . New Edition ; with ...
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୪ ୪ ୪ Abbot's ancient animals Author balusters barley barn better Brook Field bundles called caraway cattle chiefly Children cloth clover coloured common COMMON WHEAT CORIANDER corn crop cultivated earth Edition employed England farm farmer feet Field FIORIN flax flowers fork Frontispiece Gablesides grain granary grass ground half-bound hand harvest hedge and ditch hemp hide HISTORY hops horses hundred acres Illustrations inclosures ISAAC TAYLOR John Harris kind labour land London machine machine presses manure ment milk mole-catcher morocco nature nearly oats pasture perennial plant performed persons Philip plant plough Price principal produce purpose quantity require roots scarcely season seed sheep shew shining season side soil sometimes sort sown stack stalks STORIES straw teasels things threshing tillage tion Upshire usually vegetable weather wheat whilst WHITE CLOVER winter wood yard young
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