ЭТИМОЛОГИЯ СЛОВА ACRE
Old English æcer field, acre; related to Old Norse akr, German Acker, Latin ager field, Sanskrit ajra field.
ЦИТАТЫ СО СЛОВОМ «ACRE»
Известные цитаты и высказывания со словом
acre.
An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift, through all the earth and perhaps in the end through a cliff into the sea, something of me. A ton of worms in an acre, that is a wonderful thought, a ton of worms, I believe it.
I never met a man who was shaken by a field of identical blades of grass. An acre of poppies and a forest of spruce boggle no one's mind.
If you know how many acres you have sown of each kind of corn, inquire how much the acre the soil of that land takes for sowing, and count the number of quarters of seed, and you shall know the return of seed, and what ought to be over.
Know that each acre of fallow ought to support yearly two sheep at the least, then a hundred acres of fallow can support two hundred sheep, two hundred acres, four hundred sheep and so on.
Barley, where it succeeds, yields a larger weight of feed per acre than any other small grain crop.
Apart from the most obvious cases, like the Oriental Bittersweet vine, escaped from private gardens and smothering the mountains one acre at a time, the most painful proof of man's destruction is not what you can see right in front of you; it's what you will never see again.
I never wanted to become an actor. I always wanted to be a farmer and dreamt of owning half an acre of agriculture land.
I live up at about the 2000 feet level on a five acre piece of forest that I built a small house on.
It looks as though yields of over 10 times what we can currently grow per acre are feasible if you control the CO2 concentration, the humidity, the temperature, all the various factors that plants depend on to grow rapidly.
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This ebook features an illustrated biography of Erskine Caldwell including rare photos and never-before-seen documents courtesy of the Dartmouth College Library.
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The Sacred
Acre: The Ed Thomas Story
What happens next in this incredible true story provides a lesson in grace and forgiveness that inspired the entire country.
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One
Acre and Security: How to Live Off the Earth Without ...
Willow Creek Press is proud to bring back to print Bradford Angier's classic One Acre & Security: How To Live Off the Earth Without Ruining It. First published in 1972, Angier (deceased) is one of the pre-eminent voices of the back-to-the ...
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Mini Farming: Self Sufficiency on a 1/4
Acre
Start a mini farm on a quarter acre or less and provide 85 percent of the food for a family of four and earn an income."
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Acre: The Rise and Fall of a Palestinian City, 1730-1831
Thomas Philipp's study of Acre combines the most extensive use to date of local Arabic sources with commercial records in Europe to shed light on a region and power center many identify as the beginning of modern Palestinian history.
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Death's
Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body ...
Dr. Bill Bass, one of the world's leading forensic anthropologists, gained international attention when he built a forensic lab like no other: The Body Farm.
William Bass, Jon Jefferson, 2004
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Backyard Farming on an
Acre (More or Less)
The authors guide readers through the essentials of planning a small-scale farm from a 1/4 acre all the way up to an acre and beyond.
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Acre 1291: Bloody Sunset of the Crusader States
Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session.
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A History of the Crusades: The Kingdom of
Acre and the Later ...
Analyzes the Crusades from European and Arabic viewpoints In this final volume, Runciman examines the revival of the Frankish kingdom at the time of the Third Crusade until its collapse a century later.
And to stay means to fight. That boy is Baldwin de Furnshill. This is the story of the siege of Acre, and of the moment Baldwin first charged into battle. This is just the beginning. The rest is history.
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «ACRE»
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Crews Quickly Knock Down 2-Acre Grass Fire In Highland Park
HIGHLAND PARK (CBSLA.com) — Crews quickly contained a two-acre grass fire in Highland Park Sunday afternoon. Flames were reported at ... «CBS Local, Июл 15»
Fire That Threatened Homes in California Is Fully Contained
A wildfire that might have been started by fireworks and burned more than 320 acres while threatening homes in the California city of Vacaville ... «ABC News, Июл 15»
RIALTO: 10-acre fire halted just shy of buildings
A 10-acre brush fire in southern Rialto has been halted just shy of a row of industrial buildings, according to Rialto Fire Department Battalion ... «Press-Enterprise, Июл 15»
Acre of hay burned in fire in the Meadows Sunday afternoon
Northampton Fire Capt. Shawn Denkiewicz, left, and firefighter Tim Putnam quell hot spots as they wait for the return of a brush truck with more ... «GazetteNET, Июл 15»
350 acre fire near Williams Lake 40 percent contained
STEVENS COUNTY, Wash. -- Officials reported a brush fire near Colville temporarily closed Williams Valley Rd Friday afternoon. The fire ... «KREM.com, Июл 15»
Fireworks Cause 1.5-Acre Brush Fire In Saugus
Fire officials have extinguished a 1.5-acre brush fire on the 22600 block of La Rochelle Drive, near Pamplico Drive in Saugus, Saturday ... «KHTS Radio, Июл 15»
50-acre forest land in Pimpri Sandas likely destination for city's …
PUNE: The winds are blowing in favour of a 50-acre forest land plot in Pimpri Sandas, located about 40 km from the city off the ... «Times of India, Июл 15»
Officials working to contain 250-acre fire near Mount Adams
Fire officials are concerned about a 250-acre fire burning on the on west side of Mount Adams Friday because of the continuing hot and dry ... «KATU, Июл 15»
High Winds Lead to 25-Acre Spot Fire near North Fork Blaze
Firefighters are trying to contain a 25-acre spot fire that was caused by high winds near the Glacier Rim Fire up the North Fork. According to the ... «Flathead Beacon, Июл 15»
Investment group buys 1.5-acre lot near Park East site
The 1.5-acre parcel, 210 E. Knapp St., was sold by BMO Harris Bank to HFJV LLC for $1 million, according to state real estate records posted ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Июл 15»
