Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1869 |
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... Oyster house XIII . Black bass , ( Micropterous achigan ) XV . Oyster fishing . XVI . Oysters and oyster - fishing implements ... 338 341 342 344 XVII . Wilkinson's improved rut - scraper and grading machine . XVIII . Map illustrating ...
... Oyster house XIII . Black bass , ( Micropterous achigan ) XV . Oyster fishing . XVI . Oysters and oyster - fishing implements ... 338 341 342 344 XVII . Wilkinson's improved rut - scraper and grading machine . XVIII . Map illustrating ...
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... oysters below Aquia Creek . By soaking in brackish water , and by deposit , they have undergone some alteration , even from those found in the green- sand beds . It is still interesting to observe how large an amount of lime phos- phate ...
... oysters below Aquia Creek . By soaking in brackish water , and by deposit , they have undergone some alteration , even from those found in the green- sand beds . It is still interesting to observe how large an amount of lime phos- phate ...
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... oyster shells , which may be had in abundance in all the large towns . It is applied in either of several ways , according to the convenience of the planter , and with about equally good effect . If there is any choice , spreading ...
... oyster shells , which may be had in abundance in all the large towns . It is applied in either of several ways , according to the convenience of the planter , and with about equally good effect . If there is any choice , spreading ...
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... oyster beds , grew them by millions in great reservoirs at Baiæ , on the Lucrine Sea , and built a palace near for convenience in serving his famous oyster suppers . Lucullus is said to have sold his stock of fish at £ 35,000 . Some ...
... oyster beds , grew them by millions in great reservoirs at Baiæ , on the Lucrine Sea , and built a palace near for convenience in serving his famous oyster suppers . Lucullus is said to have sold his stock of fish at £ 35,000 . Some ...
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... oysters in France pays an average profit of a thousand per cent . Results have been equally satis- factory in England . The variety essayed in operations of French pisciculture is wonderful . Even the muscle is grown artificially . Nor ...
... oysters in France pays an average profit of a thousand per cent . Results have been equally satis- factory in England . The variety essayed in operations of French pisciculture is wonderful . Even the muscle is grown artificially . Nor ...
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Էջ 468 - ... that he is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become such...
Էջ 589 - Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on those Injurious and Beneficial to Crops.
Էջ 173 - ... elements. The lesson that the agriculturist may learn from this curious formation is, that a healthy and luxuriant vegetation may exist in immediate vicinity of permanent ice, bearing its blossoms and maturing its seed as readily as in apparently more favored situations ; and hence that a...
Էջ 543 - It will be a special object of the trustees to counteract the increasing disinclination towards manual labor, and to vindicate its dignity by showing that it is compatible with intellectual culture and social refinement. The course of study will occupy four years. Its essential features are indicated by the following outline: "English language and literature, mathematics, including trigonometry,' surveying, civil engineering, drawing, chemistry, animal and vegetable physiology, botany, horticulture,...
Էջ 234 - ... to the crop. The advantage, therefore, of large sets remains practically unimpaired. Sixthly : Weight for weight, cut sets produce as nearly as possible the same weight per acre as whole potatoes ; but for the reasons given above, the weight of the sets should not be reduced by subdivision. Seventhly : Smaller sets give a larger produce, in proportion to their weight, than the larger sets, Eighthly : When the intervals between the sets in the rows are diminished to less than a foot, the...
Էջ 467 - The receiver will then issue to the purchaser a duplicate receipt, and at the close of the month the register and receiver will make returns of the sale to the General Land Office...
Էջ 544 - Three hours of each day shall be devoted by every student of the college to labor upon the farm, and no person shall be exempt except for physical disability.
Էջ 178 - Potatoes succeeded at the latter place, though the tubers were small. They were regularly planted for several years until the seed was lost by freezing during the winter. At St. Michael's they did not do well. Salad was successful; but cabbages would not head. The white round turnips grown at St. Michael's were the best I ever saw anywhere, and very large, many of them weighing five or six pounds.
Էջ 582 - The Market Assistant : containing a Brief Description of every Article of Human Food sold in the Public Markets of the Cities of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn, including the various Domestic and Wild Animals, Poultry, Game, Fish, Vegetables, Fruits, etc., with many curious Incidents and Anecdotes. By THOMAS F. DB VOE, Author of " The Market Book,
Էջ 577 - Field, Forest and Garden Botany. A simple introduction to the Common Plants of the United States, east of the Mississippi, both wild and cultivated. Cloth, 8vo., 386 pages. Price, by "/:/.. $1.75. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany. Comprising the '* Lessons in Botany...