The Emigrant's Friend: Containing Information and Advice for Persons Intending to Emigrate to the United StatesTyne Publishing Company, 1881 - 351 pages |
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... receiving my reply , he said , with some asperity - England , sir , should sit down in sackcloth and ashes ; yes , sir , she should wear sackcloth till it had worn to rags , for her conduct to this country during the rebellion . ' He ...
... receiving my reply , he said , with some asperity - England , sir , should sit down in sackcloth and ashes ; yes , sir , she should wear sackcloth till it had worn to rags , for her conduct to this country during the rebellion . ' He ...
Page 32
... received by the farmer - in consequence of the failure of European crops was considerably in advance of that realised in 1878. The average for 1879 gives $ 1.11 per bushel against $ 0.78 in the preceding year . The value of the crop of ...
... received by the farmer - in consequence of the failure of European crops was considerably in advance of that realised in 1878. The average for 1879 gives $ 1.11 per bushel against $ 0.78 in the preceding year . The value of the crop of ...
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... receives one - half the yield . When the tenant supplies everything but the land , the owner of the soil only gets one - third of the crop - that is perhaps the arrangement most generally entered into ; but the terms are governed by the ...
... receives one - half the yield . When the tenant supplies everything but the land , the owner of the soil only gets one - third of the crop - that is perhaps the arrangement most generally entered into ; but the terms are governed by the ...
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... receive valuable hints and information from those who have gone through the experience upon which they are about to embark . Farm hands are in great demand both South and West , as well as on the Pacific Coast , during the harvest . Men ...
... receive valuable hints and information from those who have gone through the experience upon which they are about to embark . Farm hands are in great demand both South and West , as well as on the Pacific Coast , during the harvest . Men ...
Page 48
... receive ; and in the Far West the sun dries the grass and the spring herbage until it has made it into hay ; the cattle browse on it during the winter . In the corn States the large and cheap supply of Indian corn , and the stalk and ...
... receive ; and in the Far West the sun dries the grass and the spring herbage until it has made it into hay ; the cattle browse on it during the winter . In the corn States the large and cheap supply of Indian corn , and the stalk and ...
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