History of the Upper Mississippi ValleyCharles S. Bryant Minnesota Historical Company, 1881 - 716 pages |
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... bushels of wheat , one hundred of oats , and thirty of peas , and reached the mouth of the Minnesota early in May . Ascending this stream to Big Stone Lake , the boats were drawn on rollers a mile and a half to Lake Traverse , and on ...
... bushels of wheat , one hundred of oats , and thirty of peas , and reached the mouth of the Minnesota early in May . Ascending this stream to Big Stone Lake , the boats were drawn on rollers a mile and a half to Lake Traverse , and on ...
Page 257
... bushels ; oats , 3,912 bushels ;, corn , 10,680 bushels ; barley , 174 bushels ; rye , 1,661 bushels ; buckwheat , 90 bushels ; potatoes , 3,101 bushels ; beans , 25 bushels ; sugar cane , 1,205 gallons ; cultivated hay , 4 tons ; wild ...
... bushels ; oats , 3,912 bushels ;, corn , 10,680 bushels ; barley , 174 bushels ; rye , 1,661 bushels ; buckwheat , 90 bushels ; potatoes , 3,101 bushels ; beans , 25 bushels ; sugar cane , 1,205 gallons ; cultivated hay , 4 tons ; wild ...
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... bushels ; oats , 12,594 bushels ; corn , 2,832 bushels ; rye , 26 bush- els ; buckwheat , 10 bushels ; potatoes , 6,198 bush- els ; beans , 11 bushels ; sugar - cane , 32 gallons ; cultivated hay , 341 tons ; wild hay , 1,979 tons ...
... bushels ; oats , 12,594 bushels ; corn , 2,832 bushels ; rye , 26 bush- els ; buckwheat , 10 bushels ; potatoes , 6,198 bush- els ; beans , 11 bushels ; sugar - cane , 32 gallons ; cultivated hay , 341 tons ; wild hay , 1,979 tons ...
Page 273
... bushels ; oats , 2,803 bushels ; corn , 9,760 bushels ; barley , 20 bushels ; rye , 946 bushels ; potatoes , 2,590 bushels ; beans , 67 bushels ; sugar cane , 385 gallons ; cultivated hay , 10 tons ; wild hay , 987 tons ; apples , 151 ...
... bushels ; oats , 2,803 bushels ; corn , 9,760 bushels ; barley , 20 bushels ; rye , 946 bushels ; potatoes , 2,590 bushels ; beans , 67 bushels ; sugar cane , 385 gallons ; cultivated hay , 10 tons ; wild hay , 987 tons ; apples , 151 ...
Page 275
... bushels ; oats , 5,123 bushels ; corn , 3,970 bushels ; barley , 60 bushels ; rye , 97 bushels ; po- tatoes , 8,630 bushels ; beans , 4 bushels ; cultivated hay , 165 tons ; wild hay , 691 tons ; wool , 165 pounds ; and butter , 13,700 ...
... bushels ; oats , 5,123 bushels ; corn , 3,970 bushels ; barley , 60 bushels ; rye , 97 bushels ; po- tatoes , 8,630 bushels ; beans , 4 bushels ; cultivated hay , 165 tons ; wild hay , 691 tons ; wool , 165 pounds ; and butter , 13,700 ...
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Page 206 - 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, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the...
Page 206 - ... or the grant to such State shall cease; and said State shall be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the State shall be valid ; Fourth.
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Page 203 - That the selectmen of every town in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbors, to see, first, that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavor to teach by themselves or others, their children and apprentices so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws, upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect therein...
Page 206 - Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of this act shall provide, within five years, at least not less than one college, as described in the fourth section of this act, or the grant to such State shall cease...
Page 464 - Of these fair solitudes once stir with life And burn with passion ? Let the mighty mounds That overlook the rivers, or that rise In the dim forest, crowded with old oaks, Answer. A race that long has passed away Built them ; — a disciplined and populous race Heaped, with long toil, the earth, while yet the Greek Was hewing the Pentelicus to forms Of symmetry, and rearing on its rock The glittering Parthenon.
Page 205 - That when the lands in the said Territory shall be surveyed under the direction of the government of the United States, preparatory to bringing the same into market, sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in each township in said Territory shall be and the same are hereby reserved for the purpose of being applied to schools in said Territory, and in the States and Territories hereafter to be erected out of the same.
Page 216 - I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea. The rudiments of empire here Are plastic yet and warm ; The chaos of a mighty world Is rounding into form...