Annual Report of the Missouri State Board of AgricultureMissouri State Board of Agriculture, 1898 |
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Page 36
... inches deep , plant in the bottom of the furrow and cover the plants with mellow earth about two inches , plant four feet apart in rows . After the plants have made a growth of about six inches or more fill up the furrow with the ...
... inches deep , plant in the bottom of the furrow and cover the plants with mellow earth about two inches , plant four feet apart in rows . After the plants have made a growth of about six inches or more fill up the furrow with the ...
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... inches deep . But if cuttings are used , three inches is deep enough . The rows should be eight feet apart , and plants three or four feet apart in the row . If the plantation is a large one it is well to skip a row at intervals , that ...
... inches deep . But if cuttings are used , three inches is deep enough . The rows should be eight feet apart , and plants three or four feet apart in the row . If the plantation is a large one it is well to skip a row at intervals , that ...
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... inches in February . The Taylor should be cut longer . Employ little people to pick . Cut the stalks about two feet . Dutcher . - When is best time to pinch ? — Evans . When the bushes are high enough . Early Harvest is left longer than ...
... inches in February . The Taylor should be cut longer . Employ little people to pick . Cut the stalks about two feet . Dutcher . - When is best time to pinch ? — Evans . When the bushes are high enough . Early Harvest is left longer than ...
Page 42
... inches long will show the yellow thickening , and this is the time to eradicate it . Ashes invigorate the plant and help it to resist disease , but have no direct effect on the plant . The rust is found on the native wild plant , and ...
... inches long will show the yellow thickening , and this is the time to eradicate it . Ashes invigorate the plant and help it to resist disease , but have no direct effect on the plant . The rust is found on the native wild plant , and ...
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... inches ; broadcast about three barrels of salt to the acre as soon as the ground is plowed in the fall , this will destroy the white grub and other injurious insects . In spring as soon as ground will work well , go over the ground with ...
... inches ; broadcast about three barrels of salt to the acre as soon as the ground is plowed in the fall , this will destroy the white grub and other injurious insects . In spring as soon as ground will work well , go over the ground with ...
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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.