Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture, Թողարկում 4 |
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Crops within the limits of the society have increased fifty per cent . Good crops of corn , potatoes and some kinds of grain - some of barley as high as fifty - seven bushels to the acre .
Crops within the limits of the society have increased fifty per cent . Good crops of corn , potatoes and some kinds of grain - some of barley as high as fifty - seven bushels to the acre .
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The amount of grain of all kinds was 12,751 bushels of potatoes and turnips 3,521 bushels . This , at fifty cents per bushel , which is a very low figure , over 1,000 bushels being wheat and rye , would amount to $ 8,137.50 .
The amount of grain of all kinds was 12,751 bushels of potatoes and turnips 3,521 bushels . This , at fifty cents per bushel , which is a very low figure , over 1,000 bushels being wheat and rye , would amount to $ 8,137.50 .
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I have no means of producing statistics , as the gentleman from Franklin did ; yet could I do it , the sale of hay , grain , live stock , beef and pork , would show an exportation of a very considerable amount .
I have no means of producing statistics , as the gentleman from Franklin did ; yet could I do it , the sale of hay , grain , live stock , beef and pork , would show an exportation of a very considerable amount .
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Mr. Dill mentioned the case of a farmer in Rangely , named Toothaker , who raised 1,400 bushels of grain , and 221 tons of hay , which paid him a profit of $ 1,200 . He also called attention to the fact once before mentioned by him ...
Mr. Dill mentioned the case of a farmer in Rangely , named Toothaker , who raised 1,400 bushels of grain , and 221 tons of hay , which paid him a profit of $ 1,200 . He also called attention to the fact once before mentioned by him ...
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A common saying in the Mother country may be borrowed , and in time hold good here as there , " without roots there is no stock ; without stock there is no manure ; without manure there is no grain and hay . " While the statistics of ...
A common saying in the Mother country may be borrowed , and in time hold good here as there , " without roots there is no stock ; without stock there is no manure ; without manure there is no grain and hay . " While the statistics of ...
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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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