Annual Report of the Missouri State Board of AgricultureMissouri State Board of Agriculture, 1898 |
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Page 17
... acres of what was then a woodland wilderness have been converted into fruitful orchards and happy homes , and we are gratified to find the prediction we then made , that in time the " Big Red Apple " and luscious peaches of the Ozarks ...
... acres of what was then a woodland wilderness have been converted into fruitful orchards and happy homes , and we are gratified to find the prediction we then made , that in time the " Big Red Apple " and luscious peaches of the Ozarks ...
Page 29
... acres of it , where it was growing for seed and the most fastidious person could not have asked for a closer approach to the ideal which the breeder had set before him some four or five years before . " How is all of this done ? It ...
... acres of it , where it was growing for seed and the most fastidious person could not have asked for a closer approach to the ideal which the breeder had set before him some four or five years before . " How is all of this done ? It ...
Page 36
... acre . Plow and prepare your ground the same as you would for the corn planter , that done , have your plants ready . Use strong tip plants , then take a two horse plow and mark off rows seven feet apart . Make furrows about five inches ...
... acre . Plow and prepare your ground the same as you would for the corn planter , that done , have your plants ready . Use strong tip plants , then take a two horse plow and mark off rows seven feet apart . Make furrows about five inches ...
Page 39
... acre for plants . Murray . I agree with the secretary in advocating wide planting . Evans . I have the best raspberry on earth for Missouri , at least , for my Kansas City place . It will stand up and keep the berries off of the ground ...
... acre for plants . Murray . I agree with the secretary in advocating wide planting . Evans . I have the best raspberry on earth for Missouri , at least , for my Kansas City place . It will stand up and keep the berries off of the ground ...
Page 43
... acres were planted for evaporation . Fifty cents a case makes more than off grapes . A dollar a case with boxes returned is more than $ 1.25 and boxes not returned . They bring in the berries three times a day and can and evaporate imme ...
... acres were planted for evaporation . Fifty cents a case makes more than off grapes . A dollar a case with boxes returned is more than $ 1.25 and boxes not returned . They bring in the berries three times a day and can and evaporate imme ...
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Popular passages
Page 76 - For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 135 - No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him ; there is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will; And blessed are the horny hands of toil ! The busy world shoves angrily aside The man who stands with arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what to do; clings And he who waits to have his task marked out Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled.
Page 210 - Your voiceless lips, O flowers ! are living preachers, Each cup a pulpit, every leaf a book, Supplying to my fancy numerous teachers From loneliest nook. Floral Apostles ! that in dewy splendor "Weep without woe, and blush without a crime...
Page 310 - THE USE OF FLOWERS. GOD might have bade the earth bring forth Enough for great and small, The oak tree, and the cedar tree, Without a flower at all.
Page 212 - SPAKE full well, in language quaint and olden, One who dwelleth by the castled Rhine, When he called the flowers, so blue and golden, Stars, that in earth's firmament do shine.
Page 212 - In all places, then, and in all seasons, Flowers expand their light and soul-like wings, Teaching us, by most persuasive reasons, How akin they are to human things. And with childlike, credulous affection We behold their tender buds expand ; Emblems of our own great resurrection, Emblems of the bright and better land.
Page 210 - I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Page 212 - Everywhere about us are they glowing, Some like stars, to tell us Spring is born; Others, their blue eyes with tears o'erflowing, Stand like Ruth amid the golden corn...
Page 122 - That a copy of these resolutions be spread on the minutes of the class, and that they be published in The Tech.
Page 311 - Not useless are ye, Flowers! though made for pleasure: Blooming o'er field and wave, by day and night, From every source your sanction bids me treasure Harmless delight.