Annual Report of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society for the Year ...The Society, 1887 |
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... give bonds in such sum as the Society may direct , to be approved by the president and secretary , and the bond when so approved shall be filed with the state auditor . ARTICLE VIII . ELECTION OF OFFICERS . The officers shall be elected ...
... give bonds in such sum as the Society may direct , to be approved by the president and secretary , and the bond when so approved shall be filed with the state auditor . ARTICLE VIII . ELECTION OF OFFICERS . The officers shall be elected ...
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... give the results of experiments on the farm . These will be scattered broadcast , and sent out to the newspapers of the State . We invite suggestions and honest , legitimate criticism . But we don't want anybody to say , " Why don't you ...
... give the results of experiments on the farm . These will be scattered broadcast , and sent out to the newspapers of the State . We invite suggestions and honest , legitimate criticism . But we don't want anybody to say , " Why don't you ...
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... Give concise reports of varieties cultivated in your immediate neigh- borhood , with names of persons having the greatest success with fruits , flowers or vegetables , and the names , as far as possible , of varieties under cultivation ...
... Give concise reports of varieties cultivated in your immediate neigh- borhood , with names of persons having the greatest success with fruits , flowers or vegetables , and the names , as far as possible , of varieties under cultivation ...
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... give them plenty of care , not only cultivating and weed . g , but what is most essential , the water- ing during the many rainless months . After the winter rains begin is when South California is most attractive and when most visitors ...
... give them plenty of care , not only cultivating and weed . g , but what is most essential , the water- ing during the many rainless months . After the winter rains begin is when South California is most attractive and when most visitors ...
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... give satisfaction , have to be grown from seed raised in about the same latitude and neighborhood where wanted . I shall probably attend your meetings this winter , and hope to see many of our fruit growers . Cordially yours , GEO . P ...
... give satisfaction , have to be grown from seed raised in about the same latitude and neighborhood where wanted . I shall probably attend your meetings this winter , and hope to see many of our fruit growers . Cordially yours , GEO . P ...
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A. W. Sias acre agricultural Amber Cane apple trees bearing beautiful berries better blackberries blackcaps buds bushels C. L. Smith cents climate committee crab Crescent crop cultivation culture Dartt dewberry drouth Duchess early entomology exhibit experience experimental fair farm farmers favorable feet flowers forestry forests fruit garden grafting grapes ground grower growing grown growth hardy Horticultural Society horticulturists hundred inches injury insects interest Iowa J. S. Harris killed La Crescent land larvæ manure McLeod County Minneapolis Minnesota mulching Norway Spruce nursery Olmsted County orchard Owatonna paper Paul Pearce plants Porter prairie premium President Elliot produce Prof protection raspberries Rice county roots rows Russian apples S. D. Hillman season Secretary seedlings seeds small fruits soil spring station strawberries success timber tion varieties vegetables vines Wealthy weeds winter Wisconsin wood
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Page 330 - 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; the chemical composition of useful plants at their different stages of growth; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under...
Page 14 - THE TREASURER. The treasurer shall collect and hold all funds of the Society, and pay out the same only on the order of the president, countersigned by the secretary. He shall make up a report of all the receipts and disbursements of the Society, and present the same at the annual winter meeting, or at auy other time when called upon to do so by the executive committee.
Page 408 - Resolved, That, a committee of three be appointed by the chair to...
Page 63 - As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every minute of time." Idleness is the thief of time, and if we should make use of each moment with the mind directed to some particular object, how much more would we accomplish. Show me a man that has methodical, systematic ways of doing everything with which he is connected, and he is invariably a successful business man in whatever industry he may be engaged.
Page 245 - The busy day — the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Page 62 - It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to instruct even our friends...
Page 333 - I am confirmed in the opinion, that the best means of producing new and excellent varieties, suited either to general cultivation or to particular localities, is to plant the most mature and perfect seeds of the most hardy, vigorous, and valuable sorts, on the general pathological principle that "like produces like...
Page 375 - For successful grafting the work must be done as soon as the frost is out of the ground in the spring, sometimes a short delay will prove disastrous.
Page 14 - The secretary shall record all the doings of the Society, collate and prepare all communications, etc., for the public press, and pay over all moneys received from members or otherwise to the treasurer on his receipt...
Page 464 - ... trying the same, and shall be liable to the party injured, in a civil action, for any damages sustained.