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... proved that one of the most important , expensive , and indispensable requisites of modern life can be profitably grown where heretofore it was supposed not possible to pro- duce it ; that it can be manufactured in quantities sufficient ...
... proved that one of the most important , expensive , and indispensable requisites of modern life can be profitably grown where heretofore it was supposed not possible to pro- duce it ; that it can be manufactured in quantities sufficient ...
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... proved to be the best yet obtained from corn - stalks at any period of growth or of any variety . It is exceedingly to be regretted that this department had not during the past season an opportunity to try these experiments in the large ...
... proved to be the best yet obtained from corn - stalks at any period of growth or of any variety . It is exceedingly to be regretted that this department had not during the past season an opportunity to try these experiments in the large ...
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... proved more destructive than any malady heretofore known to this or to any other class of domesticated animals in ... prove the disease known as pleuro - pneu- monia among cattle . In the early history of my management of the affairs of ...
... proved more destructive than any malady heretofore known to this or to any other class of domesticated animals in ... prove the disease known as pleuro - pneu- monia among cattle . In the early history of my management of the affairs of ...
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... prove of general utility . The area devoted to this purpose is entirely inadequate . The department cannot do justice to itself or the country until exper imental grounds here and in different sections of the country are placed at its ...
... prove of general utility . The area devoted to this purpose is entirely inadequate . The department cannot do justice to itself or the country until exper imental grounds here and in different sections of the country are placed at its ...
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... prove as profitable here as it has in other countries is yet to be determined . TEA . The efforts of the department to introduce the culture and manufac ture of tea have been steadily continued and with a fair prospect of ul- timate ...
... prove as profitable here as it has in other countries is yet to be determined . TEA . The efforts of the department to introduce the culture and manufac ture of tea have been steadily continued and with a fair prospect of ul- timate ...
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Page 505 - Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire. New Jersey, New York...
Page 393 - ... at the end of the old and the beginning of the new year...
Page 459 - ... district, that are of a kind susceptible to contract such disease, and ordering all persons to take such precautions against the spreading of the disease, as the nature thereof may in his judgment render necessary or expedient, and which he may specify in such notice.
Page 459 - District to be detained at any place or places for the purpose of inspection and examination; to prescribe regulations for...
Page 216 - Island, and by 1862 had multiplied to such an extent as to occasion a loss of over one-third of the crop in some localities. In this year it first attracted the notice of Dr. Fitch, and his observations are published in the Transactions of the New York State Agricultural Society for 1862.
Page 459 - ... which might convey infection or contagion, (provided that no animal shall be destroyed unless first examined by a medical or veterinary practitioner in the employ of the Governor...
Page 459 - ... which they may receive from the governor in the premises. To employ such and so many medical and veterinary practitioners and such other persons as he may from time to time deem necessary to assist in performing his duties as set forth in the first section of this act, and to fix their compensation.
Page 459 - To order that any premises, farm or farms where such disease exists or has existed be put in quarantine, so that no domestic animal be removed from or brought to the premises or places...
Page 372 - Grande, and from there northward over a large portion of Western Texas. The bulbs are produced in clusters like some kinds of sweet potatoes, some clusters weighing several pounds, and can be procured, it is stated, at a cost not exceeding $1 per 100 pounds.
Page 459 - ... on being certified as correct by the governor : Provided^ That animals coming from a neighboring State that have passed a veterinary examination in said State, and have been quarantined and discharged, shall not be subject to the provisions of this act.