. The agriculture and rural economy of France, Belgium, Holland and Switzerland. Agriculture. In case of small farms to which this manure is to be ap- plied, and where the cultivator has only his own labour of which to avail himself, he adopts a method of distributing- this ma- nure, of which the subjoined cut will give an idea ; but which, I can easily suppose, may not be agree- able to persons not accustomed to it. The Flemings, however, reluct at no labour by which their objects may be obtained. In some cases it is transported into the field by means of a wheel- barrow, with the cask contai
. The agriculture and rural economy of France, Belgium, Holland and Switzerland. Agriculture. In case of small farms to which this manure is to be ap- plied, and where the cultivator has only his own labour of which to avail himself, he adopts a method of distributing- this ma- nure, of which the subjoined cut will give an idea ; but which, I can easily suppose, may not be agree- able to persons not accustomed to it. The Flemings, however, reluct at no labour by which their objects may be obtained. In some cases it is transported into the field by means of a wheel- barrow, with the cask containing : the liquid suspended between the shafts. There are acknowledged inconveniences attending its application ; but many of them are purely ideal, and the extraordinary value of the manure, when thus applied, is an ample compensation for any extraordinary labour or expense, which its saving or its distribution may 8. Cleanness of Cultivation.—Another feature in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Colman, Henry, 1785-1849. [from old catalog]. Boston, A. D. Phelps
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