 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 1809 - 576 pagina’s
...the vallics, the fields are seen shaven as close as a bowling-green, and all the inequalities clipped as with a pair of scissors. In Switzerland as in Norway,...the art of mowing seems to be carried to its highest pitch of perfection. As however, the improvement of the lands in the vallies must depend principally... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 1809 - 576 pagina’s
...the vallies, the fields are seen shaven as close as a bowling-green, and all the inequalities clipped as with a pair of scissors. In Switzerland as in Norway,...the art of mowing seems to be carried to its highest pitch of perfection. As however, the improvement of the lands in the vallies must depend principally... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 1817 - 524 pagina’s
...bowling-green, and all the inequalities clipped as with a pair 488 Of the Checks to Population Bk. ii. pair of scissors. In Switzerland as in Norway, for...the art of mowing seems to be carried to its highest pitch of perfection. As, however, the improvement of the lands in the valleys must depend principally... | |
 | 1828 - 710 pagina’s
...grass, therefore, is collected with the greatest care. " lu places inaccessible to cattle," Mr. Maltlms informs us, " the peasant sometimes makes hay with...uncertain nature of the climate. Unsusceptible, however, u the agriculture of those parts of Switzerland visited by our author is of much improvement, in some... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1837 - 604 pagina’s
...and in the valleys the fields are as close shaven as a bowling-green, all the inequalities being cut with a pair of scissors. In Switzerland, as in Norway, for the same reason, the art of making hay seems to be carried to its highest state of perfection. In Iceland, the... | |
 | Hugh Murray - 1839 - 618 pagina’s
...and in the valleys the fields are as close shaven as a bowling-green, all the inequalities being cut with a pair of scissors. In Switzerland, as in Norway, for the same reason, the art of making hay seems to be carried to its highest state of perfection. In Iceland, the... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch - 1866 - 538 pagina’s
...Grass, not three inches high, is sometimes cut three times a year; and in the valleys, the fields are shaven as close as a bowling-green, and all the inequalities...a pair of scissors. In Switzerland, as in Norway, the art of mowing seems to be carried to its highest perfection, ami no where is so much skill and... | |
 | John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1866 - 534 pagina’s
...year; and in the valleys, the fields are shaven as close as a bowling-green, and all the nequalities clipt as with a pair of scissors. In Switzerland, as in Norway, the art of mowing seems to be carried to its highest perfection, and no where is so much skill and... | |
 | Robert McC. Netting - 1993 - 452 pagina’s
...fodder for the winter support of the cattle which have been fed on the mountains in the summer. ... In Switzerland as in Norway, for the same reasons,...the art of mowing seems to be carried to its highest pitch of perfection. As, however, the improvement of the lands in the valley must depend principally... | |
 | Thomas Robert Maltus - 2006 - 325 pagina’s
...the valleys, the fields are seen shaven as close as a bowling-green, and all the inequalities clipped as with a pair of scissors. In Switzerland as in Norway,...the art of mowing seems to be carried to its highest pitch of perfection. As, however, the improvement of the lands in the valleys must depend principally... | |
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... three times a year; and in the valleys, the fields are seen shaven as close as a bowling-green, and all the inequalities clipped as with a pair of scissors. In Switzerland as in Norway, for the same reasons, the art of mowing seems to be carried to... 