Cattle, Sheep, and Deer: (containing Also Remarks on the Game Laws and Grouse Moors)Steel & Jones, 1872 - 745 páginas |
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... valuable of animals to the human family . Without them there could be no real pros- perity in this or any other country . Nations in every age have , indeed , acknowledged their utility . Moreover , with our increasing population ...
... valuable of animals to the human family . Without them there could be no real pros- perity in this or any other country . Nations in every age have , indeed , acknowledged their utility . Moreover , with our increasing population ...
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... valuable lives and an immense amount of property by shipwreck caused by storms , which , but for that ignorance , might have been foreseen and guarded against ; and also that , in endeavouring to carry out an improved system of ...
... valuable lives and an immense amount of property by shipwreck caused by storms , which , but for that ignorance , might have been foreseen and guarded against ; and also that , in endeavouring to carry out an improved system of ...
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... valuable as bones for the growth of grass ; they produce effects which be seen for many years . may Bones contain more than fifty - three per cent . of phosphate of lime , a little phosphate of magnesia , some carbonate of GUANO PURELY ...
... valuable as bones for the growth of grass ; they produce effects which be seen for many years . may Bones contain more than fifty - three per cent . of phosphate of lime , a little phosphate of magnesia , some carbonate of GUANO PURELY ...
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... valuable commercially as manure , is but one element of fertility ; and as all are indispensable for the healthy growth and pro- fitable cultivation of the grasses , as well as of other crops , it is evident that the presence of ...
... valuable commercially as manure , is but one element of fertility ; and as all are indispensable for the healthy growth and pro- fitable cultivation of the grasses , as well as of other crops , it is evident that the presence of ...
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... ) , and about 8 lb. of potash . From these calculations we also perceive what a large amount of choice human food and valuable marketable produce is obtained from materials ga- THE SYSTEM OF NATURE . 37 thered by the grass.
... ) , and about 8 lb. of potash . From these calculations we also perceive what a large amount of choice human food and valuable marketable produce is obtained from materials ga- THE SYSTEM OF NATURE . 37 thered by the grass.
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