. 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. CARP. A pond and river fish, accounted most for the stocking of ponds, and the queen of river fish. Tiie body is smooth and whitish. The carp has a small mouth and no teeth, but grows and increases very CARRIER PIGEON. One of the most valuable of domestic pigeons, ranking next to the blue rock in respect to general utility, while for the interes
. 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. CARP. A pond and river fish, accounted most for the stocking of ponds, and the queen of river fish. Tiie body is smooth and whitish. The carp has a small mouth and no teeth, but grows and increases very CARRIER PIGEON. One of the most valuable of domestic pigeons, ranking next to the blue rock in respect to general utility, while for the interesting and wonderful sagacity whicli allows it to be employed as a letter-carrier, the bird is at times of great value; in proof of which we have Carrot Crops Expenses of). only to refer to the extent it was made in the late siege of Paris. The bird was employed as such in times of antiquity. Crccian history reveals as much, and also the record of the wars of 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 London : Ward, Lock, and Tyler
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