Outlines of Modern Farming, Volume 5Lockwood & Company, 1865 |
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acre adopted ÆSCHYLUS agricultural alluded AMEN CORNER ammonia applied average carbonic acid carried catch-work chloride circumstances clay consideration constituents contains cost crops cubic feet cultivation deodorisation depth diluted districts drainage dung effect embankment engine expense experiments farm farmer fertilising matters field flow gallons give grain grass ground growth guano gutta-percha gutters hose irrigated meadows lime liquid manure main drains main feeder means metres mode moss obtained ordinary Organic matter phosphoric acid pipes plants ploughing portion potash practice present produce quantity of water reclaimed remarkable ridge and furrow river S. P. WOODWARD sand sewers sheep side slope sluice soil solid matter soluble stones stream subsoil surface tion tons of sewage town sewage Treatise trench turf turnips utilisation of town valuable value of town VIRTUE BROTHERS Voelcker W. D. Hamilton waste land water meadows
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Page 203 - as possible, of clay ; whenever that material is difficult to procure, the face of the dyke is made of clay, and the interior of earth, sand, and clay ; but clay alone is preferred, as being waterproof. The face of the dyke at the
Page 203 - feet. The most stupendous of these embankments are the dykes of the Helder and of West Cappel, at the western extremity of the island of Walcheren. The annual expense of keeping in
Page 71 - to the Report of her Majesty's Commissioners appointed to inquire into the best mode of distributing the sewage of towns, and