. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. 277. the animals, and showing how they pay for the use of any par- ticular kind of food, or what power it has in promotin
. An encyclopædia of agriculture [electronic resource] : comprising the theory and practice of the valuation, transfer, laying out, improvement, and management of landed property, and the cultivation and economy of the animal and vegetable productions of agriculture, including all the latest improvements, a general history of agriculture in all countries, and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles. Agriculture. 277. the animals, and showing how they pay for the use of any par- ticular kind of food, or what power it has in promoting the fattening process. Weir's variety (Jig. 277.) is by far the simplest and most economical of these machines. 2568. The weighing-machine for sacks (fig. 278.) is a convenient piece of barn-furniture on the steelyard principle, and so com- mon as to require no description. C c of suspension is connected with the coop by means of two curved iron rods, which at the same time form the head of it; a common scale being hung on the longer side of the lever. 2567. The cattle - weighing machine is a contrivance of the steelyard kind, for the purpose of weighing cattle and other animals alive. A machine of this sort is of importance in the grazing and fattening systems, where they are carried to any con- siderable extent, — in ascertaining the progress made by. 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 Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843. London : Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
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