Queensland agricultural journal Volume 5, Volum 5Government Printer, South Africa, 1899 - 608 pàgines |
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Pàgina 34
... tons of little black vineyard grapes arriving from the Cape . Their condition and taste are an object- lesson both as to what the Cape can do and what it might do . These are of first - rate flavour , but of all sizes , unthinned ...
... tons of little black vineyard grapes arriving from the Cape . Their condition and taste are an object- lesson both as to what the Cape can do and what it might do . These are of first - rate flavour , but of all sizes , unthinned ...
Pàgina 35
... ton of fruit . New York is 3,500 miles distant , yet tens of thousands of tons are sent by rail to each city . They also ship their fruit another 3,000 miles by sea from New York to England , making 6,500 miles in all ; and they make ...
... ton of fruit . New York is 3,500 miles distant , yet tens of thousands of tons are sent by rail to each city . They also ship their fruit another 3,000 miles by sea from New York to England , making 6,500 miles in all ; and they make ...
Pàgina 48
... tons of honey to England after it has been graded by experts . You say , " Let our producers study the style of get - up , and not send honey home in kerosene tins . " This looks and sounds very well , and is very true also , as there ...
... tons of honey to England after it has been graded by experts . You say , " Let our producers study the style of get - up , and not send honey home in kerosene tins . " This looks and sounds very well , and is very true also , as there ...
Pàgina 49
... tons - 17 tons on an average of all lands cultivated , tho h some individual farmers get nearly double that amount ) , the cane is sweet ( pout 14 to 14 : 5 per cent . cane sugar an average ) , and in October often reaches 164 per cent ...
... tons - 17 tons on an average of all lands cultivated , tho h some individual farmers get nearly double that amount ) , the cane is sweet ( pout 14 to 14 : 5 per cent . cane sugar an average ) , and in October often reaches 164 per cent ...
Pàgina 50
... tons of vine and roots . Preference is given to Black Mauritius Bean , since it can be left for 6 months after sowing , the vine is dense and keeps the soil free from weeds ; while Red Mauritius Bean and cow pea require to be ploughed ...
... tons of vine and roots . Preference is given to Black Mauritius Bean , since it can be left for 6 months after sowing , the vine is dense and keeps the soil free from weeds ; while Red Mauritius Bean and cow pea require to be ploughed ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 124 - The people of any race, other than the aboriginal race in any State, for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws.