The Farmer's Every-day Book; Or, Sketches of Social Life in the Country: With the Popular Elements of Practical and Theoretical Agriculture. Also, Five Hundred Receipts on Hygeian, Domestic, and Rural EconomyMiller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855 - 654 páginas |
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... subsoil is ap- plied . The decomposed organic portion of the soil may be termed mould ; and it is the presence of mould , accordingly , which distinguishes the soil from the subsoil . Soils are various in their fertility and texture ...
... subsoil is ap- plied . The decomposed organic portion of the soil may be termed mould ; and it is the presence of mould , accordingly , which distinguishes the soil from the subsoil . Soils are various in their fertility and texture ...
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... Subsoils , it has been said , are distinguished from soils properly so termed , by the absence of mould . Plants , in growing , may extend their roots into the subsoil , and decomposing there , be Unity of interests will reconcile many ...
... Subsoils , it has been said , are distinguished from soils properly so termed , by the absence of mould . Plants , in growing , may extend their roots into the subsoil , and decomposing there , be Unity of interests will reconcile many ...
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... subsoil be retentive or porous , the soil which rests upon it should be of good depth . If the soil be shallow , on a retentive subsoil , it is affected too greatly by the alterna- tions of dryness and moisture . And if , again , a ...
... subsoil be retentive or porous , the soil which rests upon it should be of good depth . If the soil be shallow , on a retentive subsoil , it is affected too greatly by the alterna- tions of dryness and moisture . And if , again , a ...
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... Subsoils of this kind are usually distinguished by deepness of color . Soils , then , it is seen , are affected in their properties , not only by their own texture and composition , but by the texture and composition of the subsoil ...
... Subsoils of this kind are usually distinguished by deepness of color . Soils , then , it is seen , are affected in their properties , not only by their own texture and composition , but by the texture and composition of the subsoil ...
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... subsoil ; but perhaps the best method of discriminating them , in the absence of their peculiar vegetation , is by the stones which lie upon their surface . These appear to be acted upon by the acid matter of the peat , and present a ...
... subsoil ; but perhaps the best method of discriminating them , in the absence of their peculiar vegetation , is by the stones which lie upon their surface . These appear to be acted upon by the acid matter of the peat , and present a ...
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