Report, Volume 17New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, 1888 |
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Page 46
... trees . He would prune in the early spring , when the crust would make it possible to reach the tops of young trees without bruising or breaking down . Would have an orchard compact , and not scattered over the entire farm ; the trees ...
... trees . He would prune in the early spring , when the crust would make it possible to reach the tops of young trees without bruising or breaking down . Would have an orchard compact , and not scattered over the entire farm ; the trees ...
Page 51
... trees and grafting them with those varieties best adapted to the soil . The Greening is preferable for a grav- elly soil , while the Baldwin will thrive better on heavier land . Would have but few varieties . He illustrated with ...
... trees and grafting them with those varieties best adapted to the soil . The Greening is preferable for a grav- elly soil , while the Baldwin will thrive better on heavier land . Would have but few varieties . He illustrated with ...
Page 67
... Tree Hall , " Never use a man when you can use a horse , for a horse's labor is cheaper and more reliable ; never use a horse when you can use a steam engine , for the engine can be kept at half the expense and will last twice as long ...
... Tree Hall , " Never use a man when you can use a horse , for a horse's labor is cheaper and more reliable ; never use a horse when you can use a steam engine , for the engine can be kept at half the expense and will last twice as long ...
Page 197
... trees , and sleds and sleighs for winter use . Axes and carpenter tools with which to make repairs , a winnowing mill and sieves for cleaning grain , will find a needed place . Are we not making quite a list ? The cost of the entire lot ...
... trees , and sleds and sleighs for winter use . Axes and carpenter tools with which to make repairs , a winnowing mill and sieves for cleaning grain , will find a needed place . Are we not making quite a list ? The cost of the entire lot ...
Page 209
... trees from time to time so as to preserve the best , and keeping these rapidly growing by giving them proper room . Many instances cited and authors quoted in favor of thinning and the conviction expressed from my personal experience ...
... trees from time to time so as to preserve the best , and keeping these rapidly growing by giving them proper room . Many instances cited and authors quoted in favor of thinning and the conviction expressed from my personal experience ...
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Page 373 - That in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science...
Page 325 - This police power of the state extends to the protection of the lives, limbs, health, comfort, and quiet of all persons, and the protection of all property within the state.
Page 289 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts...
Page 290 - If any portion of the fund invested, as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall, by any action or contingency, be diminished or lost, It shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs...
Page 267 - Part further covenants and agrees to merchandise such wheat in foreign ports, it being understood and agreed between the Party of the First Part and the Party of the Second Part...
Page 264 - That all moneys derived from the sale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the lands are apportioned, and from the sales of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be invested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some other safe stocks yielding not less than five per centum upon the par value of said stocks...
Page 373 - That it shall be the object and duty of said experiment stations to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals ; the diseases to which they are severally subject, with the remedies for the same...
Page 375 - SEC. 8. That in States having colleges entitled under this section to the benefits of this act and having also agricultural experiment stations established by law separate from said colleges, such States shall be authorized to apply such benefits to experiments at stations so established by such States...
Page 375 - That whenever it shall appear to the Secretary of the Treasury from the annual statement of receipts and expenditures of any of said stations that a portion of the preceding annual appropriation remains unexpended, such amount shall be deducted from the next succeeding annual appropriation to such station...
Page 375 - SEC. 10. Nothing in this act shall be held or construed as binding the United States to continue any payments from the Treasury to any or all the States or institutions mentioned in this act, but Congress may at any time amend suspend or repeal any or all the provisions of this act.