. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. ALL ABOUT COUNTRY LIFE. Magpie. Malt. all cultivated plants yield, on analysis, small proportions of magnesia, it is considered by all agricultural chemists an essential element of nutrition. A practical opinion has been extensively entertained that too much magnesia in the soil is prejudicial to plant-life. Neither are the magnesian limestones, however valuable fo
. All about country life : being a dictionary of rural avocations, and of knowledge necessary to the management of the farm, the stable, the stockyard, and a gentleman's out of town residence and property. Agriculture; Country life. ALL ABOUT COUNTRY LIFE. Magpie. Malt. all cultivated plants yield, on analysis, small proportions of magnesia, it is considered by all agricultural chemists an essential element of nutrition. A practical opinion has been extensively entertained that too much magnesia in the soil is prejudicial to plant-life. Neither are the magnesian limestones, however valuable for cements, held in high accord as manures. But all mag- nesian soils are not equally sterile, aifd indeed many could be named that are extremely fertile. A careful investiga- tion into the causes of the infertility of those magnesium soils that are not good ?would, therefore, probably trace it to other agencies than the action of mag- nesia. MAGPIE. A common English bird, sometimes domesticated and made to talk. A magpie's nest is one of the most re- markable structures in bird architec- ture. He is a handsome fellow so far as plumage is concerned, but has the reputation of being saucy, inquisitive, noisy, and given to theft. MAHOGANY. An imported red wood, much used in the manufacture of domestic furniture. Another name for Indian com, known as frequently by one appellation as the other. MALANDERS. A dry scab on the pastern of horses, causing itching, pain, and sometimes lameness; attributable to long travel- ling on bad roads, or want of cleanli- ness, and not unfrequently to internal causes. MALARIA. A noxious from marshy districts tending to produce disease. MALIC ACID. A vegetable acid found in sour apples and other fruits. male of the duck MALLARD. The drake species. MALLOW. An order of plants of which there are several kinds in repute as " cattle ; MALMY. A term applied to soft-working, ad- hesive soU. MALT. Grain artificially exci
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