Annual Report of the Missouri State Board of AgricultureMissouri State Board of Agriculture, 1898 |
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... winter meetings ( November to April ) in the city or village , and at the March or April meeting , select the places to hold the six summer meetings ( May to October ) at the homes of the members . Make this a picnic . dinner , meeting ...
... winter meetings ( November to April ) in the city or village , and at the March or April meeting , select the places to hold the six summer meetings ( May to October ) at the homes of the members . Make this a picnic . dinner , meeting ...
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... winter did not let the branches root . Is this an advantage ! Goodman . It is well to pinch only once . The rooting helps to carry them safely through the winter ; so let the side branches go and root and then cut them off . E. Moyer ...
... winter did not let the branches root . Is this an advantage ! Goodman . It is well to pinch only once . The rooting helps to carry them safely through the winter ; so let the side branches go and root and then cut them off . E. Moyer ...
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... winter or spring , when they may be shortened . These may be left from twelve to eighteen inches long , according to the vigor of the plant . From these laterals is obtained most of the fruit . Should any rust appear on any of the ...
... winter or spring , when they may be shortened . These may be left from twelve to eighteen inches long , according to the vigor of the plant . From these laterals is obtained most of the fruit . Should any rust appear on any of the ...
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... winter just be- fore mulching have given me best results . Where strawberries are only grown for the home table , the two best varieties are Michell's Early and Parker Earle , both perfect bloomers and will furnish fruit for the table ...
... winter just be- fore mulching have given me best results . Where strawberries are only grown for the home table , the two best varieties are Michell's Early and Parker Earle , both perfect bloomers and will furnish fruit for the table ...
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... winter kill , fall to the ground . and protect the plants and the berries grow up through so that they keep clean . Snodgrass . - The way to mulch is by having rock on the soil . Stedman . - Salt is a fertilizer , but an excess ...
... winter kill , fall to the ground . and protect the plants and the berries grow up through so that they keep clean . Snodgrass . - The way to mulch is by having rock on the soil . Stedman . - Salt is a fertilizer , but an excess ...
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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.