Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of EnglandRoyal Agricultural Society of England, 1877 - Agriculture Vols. for 1933- include the societys Farmers' guide to agricultural research. |
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Page 353 - Act provided, and by whom ; and, if by any person or persons other than a public auditor, shall state the name, address, and calling or profession of each of such persons, and the manner in which, and the authority under which, they were respectively appointed.
Page lxx - No parcel sent by post must exceed 12 oz. in weight, 1 fout 6 inches in length, 9 inches in width, and 6 inches in depth. SOILS. — Have a wooden box made 6 inches long and wide, and from 9 to 12 inches deep, according to the depth of soil and subsoil of the field. Mark out in...
Page 354 - Trade may require for the purpose of showing that the applicants have...
Page 353 - ... verify the same with the accounts and vouchers relating thereto, and shall either sign the same as found by them to be correct, duly vouched, and in accordance with law...
Page 206 - ... from animals not so affected ; and (b) with all practicable speed give notice of the fact of the animal being so affected to a constable of the police force for the police area wherein the animal so affected is.
Page 354 - Members shall at any time amount to 1,000, and shall not exceed 10,000, it shall be the right of 100 Members, or if the number shall at any time exceed 10,000, it shall be the right of 500 Members, by an application in writing to the Chief Registrar, signed by them in the forms respectively provided by the Treasury Regulations in that behalf— (a) To apply for the appointment of one or more inspectors to examine into the affairs of the Society, and to report thereon.
Page 354 - ... always hung up in a conspicuous place at the registered office of the Society.
Page 260 - ... is pulled over into the seat opposite to that which it had occupied during the emptying of the chamber, closing its upper orifice and preventing the further admission of steam...
Page 589 - SOILS. — Have a wooden box made 6 inches long and wide, and from 9 to 12 inches deep, according to the depth of soil and subsoil of the field. Mark out in the field a space of about 12 inches square ; dig round in a slanting direction a trench, so as to leave undisturbed a block of soil with its subsoil...
Page 61 - ... involved in these phenomena. Taking an example, for instance, from the cultivation of the vine, we find that in order to procure potable wine, it is requisite that the mean annual heat should exceed 49°, that the winter temperature should be upward of 33°, and the mean summer temperature upward of 64°.