The American Home Garden: Being Principles and Rules for the Culture of Vegetables, Fruits, Flowers, and Shrubbery. To which are Added Brief Notes on Farm Crops ...Harper & brothers, 1859 - 531 Seiten |
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... larger if preferred . A cheap and yet durable cistern may be made with the aid of an ordinary workman by digging a hole of the necessary size , covering the whole bottom with a thick layer of small stones , filled in , or rather mixed ...
... larger if preferred . A cheap and yet durable cistern may be made with the aid of an ordinary workman by digging a hole of the necessary size , covering the whole bottom with a thick layer of small stones , filled in , or rather mixed ...
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... larger the aggregate mass , the better it will keep . TANK . be A tank sufficient for the purposes of a small garden may made by sinking a water - tight tierce or hogshead into the ground , and covering it safely , having first pitched ...
... larger the aggregate mass , the better it will keep . TANK . be A tank sufficient for the purposes of a small garden may made by sinking a water - tight tierce or hogshead into the ground , and covering it safely , having first pitched ...
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... larger , and of divers forms , being square or many angled , conical or flat , deep or shallow . The frames are usually lead , sometimes strengthened by an iron bottom band , and the glass and glaz- ing are ordinarily of the first ...
... larger , and of divers forms , being square or many angled , conical or flat , deep or shallow . The frames are usually lead , sometimes strengthened by an iron bottom band , and the glass and glaz- ing are ordinarily of the first ...
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... the deeper soil . Small plows should never be made with double handles ; why they ever were so made I am at a loss to divine , unless in mere imitation of the larger plows , which require them AMERICAN HOME GARDEN . 39.
... the deeper soil . Small plows should never be made with double handles ; why they ever were so made I am at a loss to divine , unless in mere imitation of the larger plows , which require them AMERICAN HOME GARDEN . 39.
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... larger plows , which require them . In small plows , the second handle is a useless and very inconven- ient encumbrance ; but at the Fair of the American Institute for 1857 not a single - handled plow was exhibited . The small one ...
... larger plows , which require them . In small plows , the second handle is a useless and very inconven- ient encumbrance ; but at the Fair of the American Institute for 1857 not a single - handled plow was exhibited . The small one ...
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Seite 66 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...