A Discourse on the Agriculture of the State of Connecticut, and the Means of Making it More Beneficial to the State: Delivered at New Haven, on Thursday, 12th September, 1816T.G. Woodward, 1816 - 44 стор. |
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Сторінка 1 - She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it : with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Сторінка 37 - Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied. A time there was, ere England's griefs began, When every rood of ground maintained its man...
Сторінка 9 - Elements of agricultural chemistry, in a course of lectures for the Board of agriculture.
Сторінка 27 - Besides, it takes time to carry them home. He has as much as you. If he does not come or send for them, they will be as useful to you as if they were your own.
Сторінка 26 - ... offensive to the sight and smell, and a perfect nuisance. Pray, why, otherwise, should the police of well-regulated cities insist on getting rid of nuisances ? 5th. Plough not frequently, nor deep. It will fatigue yourself and team. Fatigue is the worst plague in the world. All dislike it cordially, as they say a certain personage, "who shall be nameless in this polite assembly,
Сторінка 28 - I must suggest, the more lavishly you deal out your fodder, the sooner the drudgery will be over. 16th. Depend, without overseeing them, on the fidelity of your day labourers. There is an old story about hirelings.
Сторінка 25 - Money is scarce, and better applied to a hundred other purposes ; for example, at the merchants' and grocers', for gewgaws and grog. A hint to the wise. I see to whom I nod.