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... roots , and other such matters , is afforded by the fallow . The ground is then at liberty to admit of continued ploughings ; of thistle and dock - irons , to eradicate the troublesome intruders WEEDING . 35 Weeding ·
... roots , and other such matters , is afforded by the fallow . The ground is then at liberty to admit of continued ploughings ; of thistle and dock - irons , to eradicate the troublesome intruders WEEDING . 35 Weeding ·
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... roots of trees . Weeding , however , goes on to a great extent with the hoe and other instruments , when the crops are up . Land - ditching , or draining , is almost as necessary on certain humid soils as any other act of husbandry ...
... roots of trees . Weeding , however , goes on to a great extent with the hoe and other instruments , when the crops are up . Land - ditching , or draining , is almost as necessary on certain humid soils as any other act of husbandry ...
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... roots close , and levels many little hillocks which would otherwise encounter the mower's scythe , and take off its edge . During the winter season , when there may not be much else to employ the men , the repairs of hedges , ditches ...
... roots close , and levels many little hillocks which would otherwise encounter the mower's scythe , and take off its edge . During the winter season , when there may not be much else to employ the men , the repairs of hedges , ditches ...
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... root , taking care always to leave a small width of the living bark . The branches are then laid down almost horizontally , and tied to stakes , or to each other . The consequence is , those branches , instead of growing , as before ...
... root , taking care always to leave a small width of the living bark . The branches are then laid down almost horizontally , and tied to stakes , or to each other . The consequence is , those branches , instead of growing , as before ...
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... his earliest agricultural The vegetables chiefly cultivated in Eng- land for the food or use of man are of three principal kinds : -grain , or seeds ; roots ; and the herbs whose substance chiefly is used for food or PRODUCE OF THE FARM.
... his earliest agricultural The vegetables chiefly cultivated in Eng- land for the food or use of man are of three principal kinds : -grain , or seeds ; roots ; and the herbs whose substance chiefly is used for food or PRODUCE OF THE FARM.
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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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