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Page 329 - I introduced the beak of another retort, filled with similar dung very hot at the time, into the soil amongst the roots of some grass in the border of a garden ; in less than a week a very distinct effect was produced on the grass ; upon the spot exposed to the influence of the matter disengaged in fermentation, it grew with much more luxuriance than the grass in any other part of the garden.
Page 228 - ... or the ocean. But where can we send those who intend to devote themselves to the practical applications of Science? How educate our Engineers, our Miners, Machinists and Mechanics? Our country abounds in men of action. Hard hands are ready to work upon our hard materials ; and where shall sagacious heads be taught to direct those hands?
Page 317 - ... practically applicable to us. The American farmer, then, while carefully studying, as he should not fail to do, the necessities, the wants and the tastes of all classes of consumers of his productions in his own country, must not limit his researches for a market within those narrow bounds. He must extend his observations along the avenues of commerce, as far as the commerce of his country extends or can be extended, and instruct himself as to the necessities and wants and tastes of the consumers...
Page 228 - The application of science to the useful arts has changed, in the last half century, the condition and relations of the world. It seems to me that we have been somewhat neglectful in the cultivation and encouragement of the scientific portion of our national economy.
Page 279 - ... dogs being all trained to make a general halt when the word was given, whether any dog pointed or not, so that she has been frequently standing in the midst of a field of pointers. In consequence of the dogs not liking to hunt when she was with them, (for they dropped their sterns and...
Page 9 - ... a thin and delicate neck would not correspond with the broad shoulders, deep chest, and close, compact form of the breed. "The Galloway is covered with a loose, mellow skin of medium thickness, and which is covered with long, soft, silky hair.
Page 192 - A bud is then taken from a shoot of the present year's growth, by shaving off the bark an inch or an inch and a half in length with a small part of the wood directly beneath the bud.
Page 228 - Ibs. of the crushed barley be sprinkled by the hand of one person upon the boiling mucilage, while another rapidly stirs and crams it in. After the whole has been carefully incorporated, which will not occupy more than five or ten minutes, cover it down and throw the furnace-door open. Should there be much fire, put it out. The mass will continue to simmer, from the heat of the cauldron, till the barley has...
Page 365 - I do not, however, recommend that animals closely allied by blood should be put together generally; yet I have known very good sheep, for instance, produced by putting the son of a ram called A to a daughter of A, in cases where their points would suit each other ; and I should never hesitate in doing so. I cannot see the utility of crossing for the sake of crossing or changing, unless I can perceive superior qualities in another person's flock which mine...
Page 317 - ... done. The science of production claims the first place, and is a wide field, as yet so imperfectly cultivated as to afford little time for collateral labors. To secure a stable and healthful market, and to learn how to retain and improve it, also opens an extensive field for the mental labors and energies of the farmer. Between these objects the relation is intimate and the dependence mutual. The production makes the market, and the market sustains the production. The prospect of a market stimulates...