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. attention of farmers . Your committee are of opinion that the interest and the wishes of farmers , as a body , require that such experiments should be made , and reliable results ascertained ...
Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture. attention of farmers . Your committee are of opinion that the interest and the wishes of farmers , as a body , require that such experiments should be made , and reliable results ascertained ...
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... farmer , but he contracts with laborers , and discharges them at his pleasure . We know little of them but through him . From the knowledge we have on the subject , we think the farmer has been anxious to obtain men who will do justice ...
... farmer , but he contracts with laborers , and discharges them at his pleasure . We know little of them but through him . From the knowledge we have on the subject , we think the farmer has been anxious to obtain men who will do justice ...
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... farmers almost to de- spair . Cattle were every where suffering for want of food , and were driven to browse in the woods , while many farmers went from forty to sixty miles into the woods to cut meadows . This continued through May and ...
... farmers almost to de- spair . Cattle were every where suffering for want of food , and were driven to browse in the woods , while many farmers went from forty to sixty miles into the woods to cut meadows . This continued through May and ...
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... farmers of your town derive their en- tire support from the farm ? 23. Has the number of farmers in your town increased or decreased within the last ten years , and how much ? You will greatly oblige me by sending a reply before the ...
... farmers of your town derive their en- tire support from the farm ? 23. Has the number of farmers in your town increased or decreased within the last ten years , and how much ? You will greatly oblige me by sending a reply before the ...
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... farmers them- selves , that the estimated average yield of Indian corn for the whole State is thirty - one bushels ... farmer of Middlesex County says , " Corn is quite sound this year , and , with a little more rain in July , would have ...
... farmers them- selves , that the estimated average yield of Indian corn for the whole State is thirty - one bushels ... farmer of Middlesex County says , " Corn is quite sound this year , and , with a little more rain in July , would have ...
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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...