. The standard cyclopedia of modern agriculture and rural economy, by the most distinguished authorities and specialists under the editorship of Professor R. Patrick Wright ... en they spin a whitecocoon of silk, with scattered hairs and a yel-lowish powder, amongst leaves, twigs, &c., andthen change to dark-brown pupae. They do notoccur farther north than Yorkshire. Treatment consists in pruning off the egg-ringsin winter and destroying them, and early spray-ing with arsenate of lead; also the collection ofthe tents towards evening. [f. v. t.] Clod, any hardened lump of earth, or a massof roo
. The standard cyclopedia of modern agriculture and rural economy, by the most distinguished authorities and specialists under the editorship of Professor R. Patrick Wright ... en they spin a whitecocoon of silk, with scattered hairs and a yel-lowish powder, amongst leaves, twigs, &c., andthen change to dark-brown pupae. They do notoccur farther north than Yorkshire. Treatment consists in pruning off the egg-ringsin winter and destroying them, and early spray-ing with arsenate of lead; also the collection ofthe tents towards evening. [f. v. t.] Clod, any hardened lump of earth, or a massof roots with earth adhering. The cultivationof even a comparatively light soil when wetis liable to be attended with the formation ofclods, which are difficult to deal with after-wards. Sometimes they set so hard that theyhave to be broken down with wooden mallets. Clod Crushers — Clotted Cream 231 Clod Crushers. —Clod crushers usuallytake the form of serrated rollers, though an or-dinary plain cylindrical roller is a cloa crushers are used for a variety of purposes,primarily to break down large clods to allowthe weather to exercise a mellowing influence. Cambridge Clod Crusher on them, so as to produce a fine seedbed; butthey are also used to tighten the soil about theroots of young crop plants, so that the moistureabout them may be retained at times whendrought or a coarsely prepared seedbed haveallowed moisture to recede from the surface so
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