Queensland agricultural journal Volume 5, Volume 5Government Printer, South Africa, 1899 - 608 pages |
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... Root System 511 The Philippine Sugar Industry 93 V. The Possibilities and Difficulties of Tropi- cal Agriculture in Queensland 124 Vaginula Slugs 63 The Preservation of Eggs 366 Value of Poultry 315 The Principles of Sheep - breeding 15 ...
... Root System 511 The Philippine Sugar Industry 93 V. The Possibilities and Difficulties of Tropi- cal Agriculture in Queensland 124 Vaginula Slugs 63 The Preservation of Eggs 366 Value of Poultry 315 The Principles of Sheep - breeding 15 ...
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... roots of old crops materially impedes sowing and cleaning operations , and tries the temper of the farmer , as well as proving a hindrance to expeditious and accurate operations . In selecting an area for sowing this crop , some ...
... roots of old crops materially impedes sowing and cleaning operations , and tries the temper of the farmer , as well as proving a hindrance to expeditious and accurate operations . In selecting an area for sowing this crop , some ...
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... roots of the young plants as he dare . This plan is of value , as providing a slight mulch close to the roots , and to some slight extent checks the growth of summer grass , which at this period is , as usual , too obtrusive . In black ...
... roots of the young plants as he dare . This plan is of value , as providing a slight mulch close to the roots , and to some slight extent checks the growth of summer grass , which at this period is , as usual , too obtrusive . In black ...
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... roots , is sound evidence of practical work . This cleaning done with due care , as here suggested , will leave little or no hand labour to be done . This in itself is a considerable item when large areas are put in , or when farm ...
... roots , is sound evidence of practical work . This cleaning done with due care , as here suggested , will leave little or no hand labour to be done . This in itself is a considerable item when large areas are put in , or when farm ...
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... roots , which are picked up with the nuts on them , to be thrown in small heaps to dry for a day or two . They are ... root over the field . Once they get a taste of them , they will work hard at it all day , with the exception of ...
... roots , which are picked up with the nuts on them , to be thrown in small heaps to dry for a day or two . They are ... root over the field . Once they get a taste of them , they will work hard at it all day , with the exception of ...
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Page 26 - Yet nature is made better by no mean But nature makes that mean: so, over that art, Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race: this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Page 363 - The milk-bottle is set on this false bottom, and sufficient water is put into the pail to reach the level of the surface of the milk in the bottle. A hole may be punched in the cover of the pail, a cork inserted, and a chemical thermom.
Page 25 - I find in the domestic duck that the bones of the wing weigh less and the bones of the leg more, in proportion to the whole skeleton, than do the same bones in the wild duck; and this change may be safely attributed to the domestic duck flying much less, and walking more, than its wild parents.
Page 321 - ASCERTAIN THE WEIGHT OF CATTLE. Measure the girt close behind the shoulder, and the length from the fore part of the shoulderblade along the back to the bone at the tail which is in a vertical line with the buttock, both in feet. Multiply the square of the girt, expressed in feet, by five times the length, and divide the product by 21 ; the quotient is the weight, nearly, of the four quarters, in imperial stones of 14 Ib.
Page 359 - ... corresponding with the serrations that we had observed in the other fibre that had been viewed as a transparent object. It was not at once that the eye could adapt itself to the brilliancy of the object; but by degrees these divisions developed themselves, and could be accurately traced.
Page 18 - To give one instance out of several which I have observed : — I crossed some white fantails, which breed very true, with some black barbs — and it so happens that blue varieties of barbs are so rare that I never heard of an instance in England ; and the mongrels were black, brown, and mottled.
Page 25 - The address of these dogs consists in restraining their ardour, and attaching themselves to no animal in particular, but keeping the whole herd in check. Now, among these dogs some are found, which, the very first time they are taken to the woods, are acquainted with this mode of attack ; whereas, a dog of another breed starts forward at once, is surrounded by the pecari, and, whatever may be his strength, is destroyed in a moment.
Page 145 - The seal of the company shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the board of directors, and in the presence of at least two...
Page 17 - Agassiz believed in telegony. He was strongly of opinion • that the act of fecundation is not an act which is limited in its effect, but that it is an act which affects the whole system, the sexual system especially; and in the sexual system the ovary to be impregnated hereafter is so modified by the first act that later impregnations do not efface that first impression.
Page 124 - The people of any race, other than the aboriginal race in any State, for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws.