The Farmer's Magazine, Volumen2Rogerson and Tuxford, 1839 |
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Página 295 - And, in general, we may observe, that the dearness of every thing, from plenty of money, is a disadvantage, which attends an established commerce, and sets bounds to it in every country, by enabling the poorer states to undersell the richer in all foreign markets.
Página 71 - Twenty Sovereigns, or a Piece of Plate of that value, will be given to the Exhibitor, at the Meeting at Derby, of the best 14 bushels of Spring Wheat, of the harvest of 1842, and grown by himself.
Página 32 - And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night ; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
Página 295 - Manufactures, therefore, gradually shift their places, leaving those countries and provinces which they have already enriched, and flying to others, whither they are allured by the cheapness of provisions and labour } till they have enriched these also, and are again banished by the same causes.
Página 253 - Peace within next, after the making thereof, together with schedule annexed, and notice thereof to be given once in each week for three successive weeks, in one or more...
Página 379 - The appointment of a proper force for the prevention or repression of crimes has sometimes been viewed with apprehension on the supposition that such a force might be used to impair the political liberty of the subject. " If we were to admit that a diminution, instead of an increase, of the political liberty of the subject, were the probable consequence of the establishment of an efficient constabulary force, we should nevertheless be prepared to show that the evils we have found in existence in...
Página 295 - Celebres,' and which he says he witnessed himself. A Swallow had slipped its foot into the noose of a cord attached to a spout in the College des Quatre Nations at Paris, and by endeavouring to escape had drawn the knot tight. Its strength being exhausted in vain attempts to fly, it uttered piteous cries, which assembled a vast flock of other swallows from the large basin between the Tuileries and Pont Neuf.
Página 6 - The process of burning renders the soil less compact, less tenacious and retentive of moisture ; and when properly applied, may convert a matter that was stiff, damp, and in consequence cold, into one powdery, dry, and warm ; and much more proper as a bed for vegetable life.
Página 379 - APPLICATION IN WRITING, UNDER THE HANDS AND SEALS OF A MAJORITY OF THE JUSTICES ASSEMBLED AT ANY QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE FOR THE COUNTY, SETTING FORTH THE INSECURITY OF PERSON AND PROPERTY, AND THE WANT OF PAID CONSTABLES, THE...
Página 361 - At the foot stalk of each leaf is a small bag shaped exactly like a pitcher, furnished with a lid, and having a kind of hinge that passes over the handle of the pitcher, and connects it with the leaf. This hinge is a strong fibre, which contracts in showery weather and when the dew falls. Numerous little goblets, filled with sweet fresh water, are thus held forth, and afford a delicious draught to the tiny animals that climb their branches, and to a great variety of winged visitants.