The Correspondence of the Right Honourable Sir John Sinclair, Bart: With Reminiscences of the Most Distinguished Characters who Have Appeared in Great Britain, and in Foreign Countries, During the Last Fifty Years. Illustrated by Facsimiles of Two Hundred Autographs ...H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1831 - Agriculturists |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 82
Page 19
... particular at- tention to my breed of sheep , ( of which I usually kept about seven or eight hundred ) . By this attention , at the shearing of 1789 , the fleeces yielded me the average quantity of 54 lbs . of wool ; a fleece of which ...
... particular at- tention to my breed of sheep , ( of which I usually kept about seven or eight hundred ) . By this attention , at the shearing of 1789 , the fleeces yielded me the average quantity of 54 lbs . of wool ; a fleece of which ...
Page 21
... particular favour ; " There being nothing , he declared , which he wished for more , than to have in his possession a specimen of the handwriting , and above all , the signature , of the il- lustrious Washington . " London , 10th ...
... particular favour ; " There being nothing , he declared , which he wished for more , than to have in his possession a specimen of the handwriting , and above all , the signature , of the il- lustrious Washington . " London , 10th ...
Page 25
... particular acknow- ledgments , none deserve to be held in higher estimation than the heads of the Egyptian wheat . They came much too late , how- ever , for our usual seed time ; but I delayed not a moment in sending them to my manager ...
... particular acknow- ledgments , none deserve to be held in higher estimation than the heads of the Egyptian wheat . They came much too late , how- ever , for our usual seed time ; but I delayed not a moment in sending them to my manager ...
Page 30
... particular manner , also due to the politeness of the Board of Agriculture for directing a complete set of its works to be neatly bound , and sent to me . The manner in which the early wheat , ( respecting which you in- quire ) , came ...
... particular manner , also due to the politeness of the Board of Agriculture for directing a complete set of its works to be neatly bound , and sent to me . The manner in which the early wheat , ( respecting which you in- quire ) , came ...
Page 31
... particular charge to the master , desiring him to keep the sack in his cabin or steerage . The Egyptian wheat , a head or two of which you had the good- ness to send me about two years ago , has not answered with me . The first year it ...
... particular charge to the master , desiring him to keep the sack in his cabin or steerage . The Egyptian wheat , a head or two of which you had the good- ness to send me about two years ago , has not answered with me . The first year it ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquainted advantage agricul army Arthur Young assurance attention avez BALLOIS Baron bien Board of Agriculture Britain British c'est celebrated character Code of Agriculture communication consideration copy CORRESPONDENCE Count crop cultivation DEAR SIR Denmark desire distinguished England English esteem été être Europe faire fait farmers favour Flanders Flemish foreign France French give grain happy Holland honour hope House of Orange humble servant husbandry important improvement interesting j'ai l'honneur d'être King labours land letter London m'avez manure ment Minister Monsieur le Chevalier Mount Vernon nation native Norway obedient servant obéissant serviteur obliged Ormly ouvrage Paris particular person Petersburgh plaisir pleasure Poland political present President Prince procure produce qu'il received regard respect Russia Russian empire Scotch Scotland SECT sent Sir John Sinclair Société Society soil statistical Sweden thanks tion tout Translation Vienna wheat wish