In the space of eighteen months irrigation has changed all this : new fine and fattening grasses have clothed the field with perpetual verdure ; it keeps three times as many animals, and the close and shaven pasture indicates their affection for it... The Farmer's Magazine - Page 771854Full view - About this book
| 1854 - 974 pages
...hollow and dissatisfied. In the space of eighteen months irrigation has changed all this; new, tine, and fattening grasses have clothed the field with perpetual...in his recent valuable analysis of grasses, in the ' lloyal Agricultural Society's Journal,' lias revealed the astounding truth, that irrigated grasses... | |
| 1854 - 866 pages
...and dissatisfied. In the space of eighteen months irrigation has changed all this— new, fine and fattening grasses have clothed the field with perpetual...keeps three times as many animals, and the close and Asven pasture indicates their affection for it — butter, milk, and cream, alike testify by their... | |
| 1854 - 614 pages
...hollow and dissatisfied. In the space of 18 months irrigation has changed all this — new, ¡ни-, fattening grasses have clothed the field with perpetual verdure ; it keeps three times aa many animals, and the close and shaven pasture indicates their affection for it ; butter, milk,... | |
| David Ames Wells - 1856 - 424 pages
...and dissatisfied. Now, fine and fattening grasses clothe the fields with perpetual verdure, the land keeps three times as many animals, and the close and...shaven pasture indicates their affection for it." And this description of Mr. Mechi's pasture is a fine description of his whole farm. Where the drab-colored... | |
| David Ames Wells - 1856 - 424 pages
...and dissatisfied. Now, fine and fattening grasses clothe the fields with perpetual verdure, the land keeps three times as many animals, and the close and...shaven pasture indicates their affection for it." And this description of Mr. Mechi's pasture is a fine description of his whole farm. Where the drab-colored... | |
| John Joseph Mechi - 1859 - 334 pages
...hollow and dissatisfied. In the space of eighteen months irrigation has changed all this : new fine and fattening grasses have clothed the field with perpetual...the astounding truth, that irrigated grasses contain twenty-five per cent. more meat-making matter than those not irrigated. We all know that grasses are... | |
| John Joseph Mechi - 1859 - 348 pages
...hollow and dissatisfied. In the space of eighteen months irrigation has changed all this : new fine and fattening grasses have clothed the field with perpetual...affection for it ; butter, milk, and cream, alike testily, by their richness, to the fertility of irrigation ; whilst the animals are improved in their... | |
| John Joseph Mechi - 1860 - 460 pages
...hollow and dissatisfied. In the space of eighteen months irrigation has changed all this : new fine and fattening grasses have clothed the field with perpetual...whilst the animals are improved in their condition. We all know that grasses are voracious drinkers—they cannot stand drowning on undrained land in stagnant... | |
| United States. Congress. House - 846 pages
...hollow and dissatisfied. In the space of eighteen months irrigation has changed all this. New, fine, and fattening grasses have clothed the field with perpetual...and shaven pasture indicates their affection for it ; but milk and cream alike testify, by then- richness, to the fertility of irrigation, whilst the animals... | |
| South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Society - 1869 - 76 pages
...hollow and dissatisfied. Inthespace of eighteen months irrigation 47 has changed all this. Now fine and fattening grasses have clothed the field with perpetual...It keeps three times as many animals, and the close shorn pa.sture indicates their affection for it, but milk and cream alike testify by their richness... | |
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