The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 08 (1820) — John Shaqi
The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 08 (1820)Various
Science
The Rural Magazine, and Literary Evening Fire-Side, Vol. 1 No. 08 (1820)
Various
Agriculture; Agriculture -- Periodicals
All books, models, drawings, or specimens, that any of these
committees procure in the course of their labours, shall be kept in
such place as it should direct.
It is recommended that the formation of the following standing
committees be authorized at the time--to be renewed at the first
stated meeting in each year.
1st. A committee on farm buildings, fences and implements of
husbandry. To study the improvement of houses, barns, barn-yards and
out buildings, both as it regards the plan and materials. To examine
the relative cost of the different kinds of fences, and the best
methods of constructing or raising them. To make improvements in
the implements of husbandry, and to introduce such as may be made in
other places.
2d. A committee on the Veterinary Art--To investigate the nature
and origin of the diseases of domestic animals, and endeavour to
ascertain the best methods of prevention and cure.
3d. A committee on Natural History, particularly Mineralogy and
Entomology. To develope the mineral productions of the County, and
to ascertain its geological structure, partly for the purpose of
designating the kind of soil in each neighbourhood. To examine the
habits of such insects as injure the crops of the farmer, with a
view of discovering the means of destroying them, or preventing
their ravages; and such other branches of Natural History as are
interesting to the Agriculturalist.
4th. A committee on Political Economy. To attend to the political
interests of Agriculture, and examine the manner in which public
measures affect it. To inquire into the utility of public
improvements, such as canals, bridges, and turnpike roads, and into
the means of giving the Agricultural class its due weight in the
government.
5th. A committee on Domestic Animals. To inquire after and introduce
the best kind, to endeavour to ascertain the most economical and the
best methods of rearing, managing and feeding them, together with
facts on the relative advantages of the employment of horses and
oxen for labour.
6th. A committee on grasses, grains and roots. To inquire after and
recommend the best and most profitable kinds, the time and manner of
sowing and planting, with the most proper quantity of each per acre,
also the previous preparation of the ground and seed, together with
the best method of culture.
7th. A committee on Manures.--To endeavour to ascertain the
relative advantages of barn-yard manure, plaister, lime, burnt
clay, ashes, and all other kinds of manure, with the time and manner
of application of each, whether best applied on ploughed or grass
lands, on the surface or ploughed in, deep or shallow; together with
the best methods of accumulating and preparing barn-yard and stable
manure.
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