Annual Report of the Missouri State Board of AgricultureMissouri State Board of Agriculture, 1898 |
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... soil and climate . This variety repre- sents the beginning of the betterment of this important cereal and the possi- bilities in this direction are practically unlimited . What more important work can any man engage in than that of pro ...
... soil and climate . This variety repre- sents the beginning of the betterment of this important cereal and the possi- bilities in this direction are practically unlimited . What more important work can any man engage in than that of pro ...
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... soil with its numberless varieties , due on the one hand to its phys- ical characters such as porosity , friability etc. and on the other hand to its chemical content which serves as food for plant growth or as a deterrent to the same ...
... soil with its numberless varieties , due on the one hand to its phys- ical characters such as porosity , friability etc. and on the other hand to its chemical content which serves as food for plant growth or as a deterrent to the same ...
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... soil conditions to a much greater degree than is usually supposed . The hillside with its facing to north , east ... soil and other conditions will ever be produced , and it is apparent from what has been said above that this must be the ...
... soil conditions to a much greater degree than is usually supposed . The hillside with its facing to north , east ... soil and other conditions will ever be produced , and it is apparent from what has been said above that this must be the ...
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... soil . There is no better green food for berries . It is much the best to turn it over . Evans . It depends on the land whether this spreads so . On rich land it vines and reaches two feet above the corn . Nelson . There was an old road ...
... soil . There is no better green food for berries . It is much the best to turn it over . Evans . It depends on the land whether this spreads so . On rich land it vines and reaches two feet above the corn . Nelson . There was an old road ...
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... soil . A clay loam , containing plenty of humus , is probably the best soil to grow them to perfection . The land should be plowed deep and well pulverized and free from clods before setting the plants out . The best success we ever had ...
... soil . A clay loam , containing plenty of humus , is probably the best soil to grow them to perfection . The land should be plowed deep and well pulverized and free from clods before setting the plants out . The best success we ever had ...
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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.