Report of the Secretary of Agriculture ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1862 - Agriculture |
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Page 39
... season of active agricultural labor is short , as winter rules half the year ; and although vegetation is late , it is rapid and vigorous . The growing season begins , usually , about the middle of April , extending to the middle of ...
... season of active agricultural labor is short , as winter rules half the year ; and although vegetation is late , it is rapid and vigorous . The growing season begins , usually , about the middle of April , extending to the middle of ...
Page 42
... season at Gardiner ; afterwards two seasons at Livermore , and was from thence carried to Starks , in Somerset county , where he died of old age in April , 1830. Other importations were made by General Robinson , of Hal- lowell , and ...
... season at Gardiner ; afterwards two seasons at Livermore , and was from thence carried to Starks , in Somerset county , where he died of old age in April , 1830. Other importations were made by General Robinson , of Hal- lowell , and ...
Page 47
... most farmers regard two and a half pounds per day a sufficient amount . The season of feeding sheep during the winter is about one hundred and fifty days . Experienced flock - masters prefer to AGRICULTURE OF MAINE . 47.
... most farmers regard two and a half pounds per day a sufficient amount . The season of feeding sheep during the winter is about one hundred and fifty days . Experienced flock - masters prefer to AGRICULTURE OF MAINE . 47.
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... season favorable to the crop , but unfavorable for the midge , we may remark that in 1860 reports from twelve , out of the sixteen counties in the State , gave the average yield of premium crops as thirty - four bushels per acre , the ...
... season favorable to the crop , but unfavorable for the midge , we may remark that in 1860 reports from twelve , out of the sixteen counties in the State , gave the average yield of premium crops as thirty - four bushels per acre , the ...
Page 54
... season , and others consider two to three pounds as much as they will average . Probably the correct amount lies between these extremes . For- merly the vessels to receive the sap were troughs made of poplar or bass , and these were ...
... season , and others consider two to three pounds as much as they will average . Probably the correct amount lies between these extremes . For- merly the vessels to receive the sap were troughs made of poplar or bass , and these were ...
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Page 201 - Are brought ; and feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce ; From beds of raging fire, to starve in ice...
Page 5 - Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 79 - I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the Lord.
Page 6 - Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Page 117 - This explanation is simple justice to western cultivators, whose knowledge of the culture seems impugned in the transactions of the Rhode Island Society for the Encouragement of Domestic Industry...
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