The [afterw.] Newcomb's Midland counties' almanac and rural hand-book1866 |
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... room where there is small - pox will blister and decompose with great rapidity ; not only so , but will prevent the spread of the disease . I think as a disinfectant they have no equal , when properly used ; but keep them out of the ...
... room where there is small - pox will blister and decompose with great rapidity ; not only so , but will prevent the spread of the disease . I think as a disinfectant they have no equal , when properly used ; but keep them out of the ...
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acre aft Oct Angler April April 25 barley beans bef East boiled cabbage calves carrots cattle celery cold cover Cows and Dairy crop Dairy Management ditto drachms drills early East week Easter eggs Epsom salts feeding feet flowers give grass guano hive Holy Th horse inches July July 18 July 25 June 11 June 24 keep land last Th last Wed Length of day lime liquid manure Management of Bees manure March milk month Moon Morn ounce parsnips peas pint pots Poultry Yard pound powdered Prune quantity Rises roots salt Sea-kale season seed Sept 25 Sets sheep shoots soil sown Sportsman summer Sunday after Trinity Th aft Th bef Thurs trees Trin Tues turnips warm weather wheat Whit Monday Whit week winter
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Page 80 - The attack of colic," says Mr. Youatt, "is usually very sudden. There is often not the slighest warning. The horse begins to shift his posture, look round at his flanks, paw violently, strike his belly with his feet, lie down, roll, and that frequently on his back. In a few minutes the pain seems to cease, the horse shakes himself and begins to feed ; but on a sudden the spasm returns more violently, every indication of pain is increased, he heaves at the flanks, breaks out in a profuse perspiration,...