Annual Report ..., Volume 7Contains the yearbook and annual report of the Department of Household Science and proceedings of the annual meeting of the Illinois Farmers' Institute. |
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... horses and poultry was well illustrated with spirited pictures . F. A. Warner of Sibley was listened to with marked interest . His figures and statements were easily understood , and the Sibley farms are proof posi- tive that his ...
... horses and poultry was well illustrated with spirited pictures . F. A. Warner of Sibley was listened to with marked interest . His figures and statements were easily understood , and the Sibley farms are proof posi- tive that his ...
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... Horses ? " The attendants at these meetings were so well pleased with the apparent benefits derived that they unanimously voted to have it held at Paw Paw next year . Livingston County -- Mr. : The annual Livingston County Farmers ...
... Horses ? " The attendants at these meetings were so well pleased with the apparent benefits derived that they unanimously voted to have it held at Paw Paw next year . Livingston County -- Mr. : The annual Livingston County Farmers ...
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... horse that will pull : a cow that will give milk with a high per cent of butter fat ; a steer that will put on weight , and where it will be of most value , and in general the term Up - to - Date " means the best of its kind . I presume ...
... horse that will pull : a cow that will give milk with a high per cent of butter fat ; a steer that will put on weight , and where it will be of most value , and in general the term Up - to - Date " means the best of its kind . I presume ...
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... horse power and , to do most efficient work , always keeps them in perfect order . He does not use a plow that will not ... horses could easily do with a plow properly adjusted . He understands the application of force to all his farm ...
... horse power and , to do most efficient work , always keeps them in perfect order . He does not use a plow that will not ... horses could easily do with a plow properly adjusted . He understands the application of force to all his farm ...
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... horses , cattle and hogs for the market . He husbands all the fertilizers of his farm and applies them wisely . Farms there are in that belt that are more productive now than when the virgin sod of the primeval prairies was first broken ...
... horses , cattle and hogs for the market . He husbands all the fertilizers of his farm and applies them wisely . Farms there are in that belt that are more productive now than when the virgin sod of the primeval prairies was first broken ...
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Page 410 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Page 431 - You, reader, put this matter to a test: You are sitting now in your office — six clerks are within call. Summon any one and make this request: "Please look in the encyclopedia and make a brief memorandum for me concerning the life of Correggio." Will the clerk quietly say, "Yes, sir,
Page 249 - By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set to-day a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When...
Page 430 - fellow by the name of Rowan " took the letter, sealed it up in an oilskin pouch, strapped it over his heart, in four days landed by night off the coast of Cuba from an open boat, disappeared into the jungle, and in three weeks came out on the other side of the Island, having traversed a hostile country on foot, and delivered his letter to Garcia — are things I have no special desire now to tell in detail.
Page 430 - Rowan was sent for and given a letter to be delivered to Garcia. How " the fellow by the name of Rowan " took the letter, sealed it up in an oilskin pouch, strapped it over his heart, in four days landed by night off the coast of Cuba from an open boat, disappeared into the jungle, and in three weeks came out on the other side of the island, having traversed a hostile country on foot, and delivered...
Page 81 - Washington, are hereby forbidden, either directly or indirectly, individually or through associations, to solicit an increase of pay or to influence or attempt to influence in their own interest any other legislation whatever, either before Congress or its committees, or in any way save through the heads of the Departments or independent Government establishments in or under which they serve, on penalty of dismissal from the Government service.
Page 292 - America, for the payment of which well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Page 76 - Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God /'// vain.
Page 23 - Jesus' feet, Till we meet, till we meet, / God be with you till we meet again. JE Ranldn. f^ OD be with you till we meet again...
Page 431 - Saturday night holds many a worker to his place. Advertise for a stenographer, and nine out of ten who apply can neither spell nor punctuate — and do not think it necessary to. Can such a one write a letter to Garcia? "You see that book-keeper," said the foreman to me in a large factory.