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Page 44
I mention these particulars , as great disasters have befallen the late broods of
silkworms , in every portion of the Union , the present season , owing
undoubtedly to the erroneous management of the eggs , particularly , in
improperly retarding ...
I mention these particulars , as great disasters have befallen the late broods of
silkworms , in every portion of the Union , the present season , owing
undoubtedly to the erroneous management of the eggs , particularly , in
improperly retarding ...
Page 67
I purchased them from a drove , April 15th , 1839 , for twenty - one dollars each ;
they were then low in flesh , and as they gave milk till April , and calved the
present season in June , and have had no extra keeping , are not in so good
case as ...
I purchased them from a drove , April 15th , 1839 , for twenty - one dollars each ;
they were then low in flesh , and as they gave milk till April , and calved the
present season in June , and have had no extra keeping , are not in so good
case as ...
Page 95
An abundant harvest from a fertile field in a favorable season , proves little more
than that the cultivator did nothing to impede . the operations of nature . The
largest possible production must require the best soil ; agricultural skill is ...
An abundant harvest from a fertile field in a favorable season , proves little more
than that the cultivator did nothing to impede . the operations of nature . The
largest possible production must require the best soil ; agricultural skill is ...
Page 105
Could we depend upon its ripening , for , Thorburn's assertions to the contrary
notwithstanding , it is a late variety of corn , ( though it ripened perfectly with us
last season , a rather unusually warm and long one , ) farmers would do well to ...
Could we depend upon its ripening , for , Thorburn's assertions to the contrary
notwithstanding , it is a late variety of corn , ( though it ripened perfectly with us
last season , a rather unusually warm and long one , ) farmers would do well to ...
Page 77
It is the opinion of those who have raised them the past season , that they are in
quality and bearing superior to any other variety cultivated in our vicinity . The
following letter from a farmer in Beverly , who planted two barrels of this kind late
in ...
It is the opinion of those who have raised them the past season , that they are in
quality and bearing superior to any other variety cultivated in our vicinity . The
following letter from a farmer in Beverly , who planted two barrels of this kind late
in ...
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