Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Հատոր 2W. White, 1855 Vols. for 1889-1894, 1906-1912 issued with the Annual report of the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station; vols. for 1895-1905 issued with the Annual report of the Hatch Environment Station of the Massachnusetts Agricultural College. |
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Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture. SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE . To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts : - IN a Report which I had the honor to ...
Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture. SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE . To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts : - IN a Report which I had the honor to ...
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... Agriculture . This was accord- ingly done by a committee acting in conjunction with a com- mittee of the Trustees , and the following paper was presented To the Honorable the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth ...
... Agriculture . This was accord- ingly done by a committee acting in conjunction with a com- mittee of the Trustees , and the following paper was presented To the Honorable the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth ...
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... Agriculture has been created . It is composed of men of science . and men of practical skill in agriculture , and all deeply interested in that most important subject . The Board has also been fortunate in securing the services of a ...
... Agriculture has been created . It is composed of men of science . and men of practical skill in agriculture , and all deeply interested in that most important subject . The Board has also been fortunate in securing the services of a ...
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... agricultural labor ; and the Board of Agriculture will supply the institution with milk , vegetables and other needed products of the farm , do the cartage of coal , & c . Thus the labor of the boys and the products of the farm will be ...
... agricultural labor ; and the Board of Agriculture will supply the institution with milk , vegetables and other needed products of the farm , do the cartage of coal , & c . Thus the labor of the boys and the products of the farm will be ...
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... Agriculture is hereby authorized to take charge of and manage said lands as fully as the said Trustees are now authorized by law to do . SECT . 2. For the purpose of permanent improvements upon said lands and of agricultural experiments ...
... Agriculture is hereby authorized to take charge of and manage said lands as fully as the said Trustees are now authorized by law to do . SECT . 2. For the purpose of permanent improvements upon said lands and of agricultural experiments ...
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Էջ 70 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Էջ 449 - Thou shalt not eat of it : cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee...
Էջ 392 - And then it started like a guilty thing Upon a fearful summons; I have heard, The cock that is the trumpet to the morn Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding throat Awake the god of day...
Էջ 139 - O'er mount and vale, where never summer ray Glanced, till the strong tornado broke his way Through the gray giants of the sylvan wild ; Yet many a sheltered glade, with blossoms gay. Beneath the showery sky and sunshine mild, Within the shaggy arms of that dark forest smiled XXX.
Էջ 32 - We set the last spring some twenty acres of Indian corn, and sowed some six acres of barley and pease ; and according to the manner of the Indians, we manured our ground with herrings, or rather shads, which we have in great abundance, and take with great ease at our doors.
Էջ 155 - ... for the men, and Indian meal for the oxen. Some beans, tea, and molasses, are added. Formerly hogsheads of rum were considered indispensable, and I have before me a bill of supplies for a logging concern of three teams in 1827-28, in which I find one hundred and eighty gallons of rum charged.
Էջ 146 - But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Beth-el under an oak: and the name of it was called Allon-bachuth.
Էջ 155 - ... that is, most hands are required when the distance is shortest, because the oxen, returning more frequently, require their loads to be prepared more expeditiously. Having built their camps, or while building them, the main roads are to be cut out. These run from the camps to the landing places, or some stream of sufficient size to float down the logs on the spring freshet. Other roads are cut to other clumps of timber. They are made by cutting and clearing away the underbrush, and such trees...
Էջ 160 - Very frequently he is obliged to make one contract to have the timber cut and hauled to the landing-places, and another to have it run down ; for the river drivers are a distinct class from the lumberers. Most of them, indeed, are lumberers ; yet it is but a small part of the lumberers that are river drivers. A great part of the lumberers are farmers, who must be on their farms at the season of driving, and therefore cannot undertake anything but the cutting and hauling.
Էջ 157 - ... trees that cover the low lands adjoining the river, and breaking up jams that form in narrow or shallow places. A jam is caused by obstacles in the river catching some of the sticks, which in their turn catch others coming down ; and so the mass increases until a solid dam is formed, which entirely stops up the river and prevents the further passage of any logs. These dams are most frequently formed at the top of some fall ¡and it is often a service that requires much skill and boldness, and...