Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture, Թողարկում 4 |
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The habit of our people , hitherto , has been to fish a little , and lumber a little , and farm a very little ; but the time has come when they must pay more attention to farming - or starve .
The habit of our people , hitherto , has been to fish a little , and lumber a little , and farm a very little ; but the time has come when they must pay more attention to farming - or starve .
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The notion among us that farming does not pay is nearly exploded . He cited several instances of successful farming . One man cleared twelve hundred dollars this year on his farm . Improvement is going on , not only in the farms ...
The notion among us that farming does not pay is nearly exploded . He cited several instances of successful farming . One man cleared twelve hundred dollars this year on his farm . Improvement is going on , not only in the farms ...
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He alluded to a specimen of high farming in New Jersey , which he had witnessed , and which was very successful , yielding a profit of ten thousand dollars per annum .
He alluded to a specimen of high farming in New Jersey , which he had witnessed , and which was very successful , yielding a profit of ten thousand dollars per annum .
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Farmers lack capital , many go into the business of farming because they have not the means to go into anything else . ... He suggested the idea of so conducting the farm connected with the state . reform school as to answer all the ...
Farmers lack capital , many go into the business of farming because they have not the means to go into anything else . ... He suggested the idea of so conducting the farm connected with the state . reform school as to answer all the ...
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... farm in Patten , 38 bushels of wheat on one acre , on pasture land ploughed in June , and cross ploughed in the spring . Mr. James B. Hill of Patten , raised 36 bushels SECRETARY'S REPORT . 19.
... farm in Patten , 38 bushels of wheat on one acre , on pasture land ploughed in June , and cross ploughed in the spring . Mr. James B. Hill of Patten , raised 36 bushels SECRETARY'S REPORT . 19.
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Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture, Թողարկում 7 Maine. Board of Agriculture Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1862 |
Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture Maine. Board of Agriculture Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1861 |
Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture, Թողարկում 7 Maine. Board of Agriculture Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1862 |
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