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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... into a tool - house , * carpenter's shop , seed room , black- smith's shop , & c .; have laid drains in the barn - cellar to carry off the See Appendix , C. spring water ; and have commenced to build two reservoirs 12 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE .
... into a tool - house , * carpenter's shop , seed room , black- smith's shop , & c .; have laid drains in the barn - cellar to carry off the See Appendix , C. spring water ; and have commenced to build two reservoirs 12 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE .
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Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture. spring water ; and have commenced to build two reservoirs for the reception of the sewerage from the Institution . The plan made from a survey of the farm induces your committee to hesitate ...
Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture. spring water ; and have commenced to build two reservoirs for the reception of the sewerage from the Institution . The plan made from a survey of the farm induces your committee to hesitate ...
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... spring , and after consultation with Deacon White , the farmer , in relation to the wants of the Institution , and the capabilities of the soil , gave such directions as appeared to them to be the best adapted to promote the interests ...
... spring , and after consultation with Deacon White , the farmer , in relation to the wants of the Institution , and the capabilities of the soil , gave such directions as appeared to them to be the best adapted to promote the interests ...
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... spring . The pastures are dried up , the leaves are scorched , and the flowers wither ; even the golden corn , the ... springs die ; the lakes and ponds sink in their beds , or become infected ; the living stream shrinks to a thread - 30 ...
... spring . The pastures are dried up , the leaves are scorched , and the flowers wither ; even the golden corn , the ... springs die ; the lakes and ponds sink in their beds , or become infected ; the living stream shrinks to a thread - 30 ...
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... spring of 1642 , the price of cows , which had been as high as £ 22 , suddenly fell to £ 6 , £ 7 , and £ 8 . The winters of 1630 , 1632 , and 1639 , also , are mentioned as very sharp and " terrible cold ; " but it is probable that they ...
... spring of 1642 , the price of cows , which had been as high as £ 22 , suddenly fell to £ 6 , £ 7 , and £ 8 . The winters of 1630 , 1632 , and 1639 , also , are mentioned as very sharp and " terrible cold ; " but it is probable that they ...
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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...