Annual Report of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society for the Year ...The Society, 1887 |
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Page 72
... timber in the vicinity ; had been in cultivation six years ; was plowed about six inches deep the preceding fall , and about eight inches again in the spring , after having about three inches of well - rotted stable manure spread over ...
... timber in the vicinity ; had been in cultivation six years ; was plowed about six inches deep the preceding fall , and about eight inches again in the spring , after having about three inches of well - rotted stable manure spread over ...
Page 74
... timber , and the earth's axis was perpendicular to the ecliptic , then lines of latitude and isothermal lines would run parallel , cold would increase towards the north one degree Fahrenheit to one or two degrees of latitude . And if ...
... timber , and the earth's axis was perpendicular to the ecliptic , then lines of latitude and isothermal lines would run parallel , cold would increase towards the north one degree Fahrenheit to one or two degrees of latitude . And if ...
Page 78
... timber belts and forests . To il- lustrate , I refer to the influence which the forests of Minnesota have on its climate . Having reports of the temperature every morning , day after day , from all points throughout the North- west , as ...
... timber belts and forests . To il- lustrate , I refer to the influence which the forests of Minnesota have on its climate . Having reports of the temperature every morning , day after day , from all points throughout the North- west , as ...
Page 79
... timber will show very marked results . At the recent meeting of the Dakota Horticultural Society it was stated that a small grove of timber , twenty five or thirty feet high , would show its effects for at least half a mile . I know ...
... timber will show very marked results . At the recent meeting of the Dakota Horticultural Society it was stated that a small grove of timber , twenty five or thirty feet high , would show its effects for at least half a mile . I know ...
Page 80
... timber on every quarter section in the State , with groves and timber belts about farm buildings , there would be no question in regard to raising apples in Min- nesota . We ought to encourage forestry and have forests plant- ed ...
... timber on every quarter section in the State , with groves and timber belts about farm buildings , there would be no question in regard to raising apples in Min- nesota . We ought to encourage forestry and have forests plant- ed ...
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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.