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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... planted with different kinds of corn . One of these was mostly sweet . Of this there was sold in the green state the amount of $ 41-28 . The bal- ance at harvest time yielded 23 bushels of ears of sweet , 8 of pop , and 10 of a white ...
... planted with different kinds of corn . One of these was mostly sweet . Of this there was sold in the green state the amount of $ 41-28 . The bal- ance at harvest time yielded 23 bushels of ears of sweet , 8 of pop , and 10 of a white ...
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... planted on the Warren lot . This was dressed in 1853 with hog manure , at the rate of eight and one - third cords , and about thirty bushels of coal - ashes to the acre . This year the land received to the acre 400 lbs . of guano ...
... planted on the Warren lot . This was dressed in 1853 with hog manure , at the rate of eight and one - third cords , and about thirty bushels of coal - ashes to the acre . This year the land received to the acre 400 lbs . of guano ...
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... planted , as usual , with fish in the hill , began to wither , and the highlands high lands all parched up . After this it is probable that what would now be called a severe drought did not occur for several years . The dense forests ...
... planted , as usual , with fish in the hill , began to wither , and the highlands high lands all parched up . After this it is probable that what would now be called a severe drought did not occur for several years . The dense forests ...
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... planted , millions of worms ap- peared to eat it up , and the ground must be planted again and again . Thus many fields were utterly ruined . It was time now , in the month of May , for the drought to take its turn in the work of ...
... planted , millions of worms ap- peared to eat it up , and the ground must be planted again and again . Thus many fields were utterly ruined . It was time now , in the month of May , for the drought to take its turn in the work of ...
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... planted the past season throughout the State than for a few years past . This is alluded to by correspondents in different parts of the State . A practical farmer of Worcester County says . " Owing to there being a much larger area planted ...
... planted the past season throughout the State than for a few years past . This is alluded to by correspondents in different parts of the State . A practical farmer of Worcester County says . " Owing to there being a much larger area planted ...
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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...