Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of EnglandRoyal Agricultural Society of England, 1883 - Agriculture |
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Page 359 - Subject to this condition, he may dam up the stream for the purpose of a mill, or divert the water for the purpose of irrigation. But, he has no right to interrupt the regular flow of the stream, if he thereby interferes with the lawful use of the water by other proprietors, and inflicts upon them a sensible injury.
Page 654 - Whereas it has been found by experience, that the blasting of wheat and other English grain is often occasioned by barberry bushes, to the great loss and damage of the inhabitants of this province : — Be it therefore enacted...
Page lxv - No parcel sent by post must exceed 12 oz. in weight, 1 foot 6 inches in length, 9 inches in width, and 6 inches in depth. SOILS. — Have a wooden box made 6 inches long and wide, and from 9 to 12 inches deep, according to the depth of soil and subsoil of the field. Mark out in the field a space of about 12 inches square; dig round...
Page lxiii - An analysis of guano ; showing the proportion of moisture, organic matter, sand, phosphate of lime, alkaline salts, and ammonia .. .. .. .. .. .. 10s.
Page lxiv - ... percentages of the three substances already mentioned. 4. Mineral Superphosphates should be guaranteed to be delivered in a sufficiently dry and powdery condition, and to contain a certain percentage of...
Page 143 - Roman' in a wider and fuller sense. How this Romanization took place, and of what it consisted, is one of the most important, as it is one of the most elusive, questions on which the Severan remains of Tripolitania throw valuable light.
Page 654 - Province, Be it therefore enacted by the Governour, Council, and House of Representatives, That whoever, whether community or private person, hath any Barberry Bushes, standing or growing in his or their land within any of the towns in this province, he or they shall cause the same to be extirpated or destroyed on or before the tenth day of June, Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and sixty.
Page lxv - ... to make it fit into the wooden box, invert the open box over it, press down firmly, then pass a spade under the box and lift it up gently, turn over the box, nail on the lid, and send by rail.
Page 654 - Information, or on the Presentment of a Grand Jury, and to be paid one Half to the Informer and the other Half to the Treasury of the County in which such bushes grew, for the use of the County.
Page 243 - ... sheep suffering from the rot, and as the liver contained about 200 flukes, this gives an average of 37,000 eggs to each fluke. And these eggs were found in the gall-bladder alone ; the liver must have contained at least as many more, and eggs had been passed copiously by the sheep for many months.