[PDF] The Journal Of The Royal Agricultural Society Of England Vol 16 eBook

Author : Royal Agricultural Society of England
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 766 pages
File Size : 46,91 MB
Release : 2017-10-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780265780251

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Excerpt from The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1863, Vol. 24 The mean high day temperature was in excess in October, in defect in November, and in excess in December. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 10,83 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230164748

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...with comparatively little feeding, and would be overdone and spoiled by much forcing; but it will scarcely be denied that in the preparation of animals for show, cramming is the rule. In the following particulars of management I am indebted to the owners and managers of the several herds I visited for the ready facilities afforded me of gathering information. In the notes which immediately follow, I am under obligation to Messrs. A. Cruickshank of Sittyton, and J. W. and E. Cruickshank of Lethenty, for details of the management of the Sittyton and Lethenty herds; and I feel especially obliged to Mr. J. W. Cruickshank for valuable hints concerning the plan of this paper and very comprehensive memoranda of the Aberdeenshire system in general. I beg also to express my acknowledgments to those gentlemen not immediately connected with Shorthorn herds of the present time, who have kindly and promptly responded to my requests for information. Aberdeenshire. In no part of the United Kingdom has the Shorthorn become more eminently the great rent-paying breed of a large district than in Aberdeenshire; and in no part of the United Kingdom, therefore, has the management of Shorthorn herds taken a more thoroughly business-like turn. The county of Aberdeen has long supplied a large proportion of the beef consumed in London; I believe that proportion has amounted to as much as one-seventh of the entire supply of the metropolis; and this beef is mainly that of Shorthorns or Shorthorn crosses. This vast trade arose from the excellence of the cattle introduced by Captain Barclay, of Ury, about fifty years ago, and the extraordinary power of the Ury bulls as improvers of the stock of the district, for grazing purposes, when crossed either with the pure-bred...

Author : Royal Agricultural Society of England
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 896 pages
File Size : 41,74 MB
Release : 2018-09-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781396384592

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Excerpt from The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1880, Vol. 16 VIL - An Experiment on the Comparative Value of Linseed-cake and a mixture of Decorticated Cotton-cake and Maize-meal for fattening Bullocks. By Dr. Augustus Voelcker, f.r.s. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.