The Wisconsin Farmer, Volume 16D.J. Powers & Company, 1864 |
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THE WISCONSIN FARMER . J. W. HOYT , VOL . XVI . ence . : 8 : EDITOR . MADISON , JANUARY 1 , 1864 . Our Proposed Agricultural College . No. 1 . tural colleges , should be carefully avoided by us ; especially those which relate to inade ...
THE WISCONSIN FARMER . J. W. HOYT , VOL . XVI . ence . : 8 : EDITOR . MADISON , JANUARY 1 , 1864 . Our Proposed Agricultural College . No. 1 . tural colleges , should be carefully avoided by us ; especially those which relate to inade ...
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... the fifteenth of a series , based upon notes taken at the time of inspection , and successively published in this journel . - EDITOR . make is truly magnificent , especially in the present time 4 WISCONSIN FARMER . THE.
... the fifteenth of a series , based upon notes taken at the time of inspection , and successively published in this journel . - EDITOR . make is truly magnificent , especially in the present time 4 WISCONSIN FARMER . THE.
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... at work , put the potato into the hole , and cover all up . Mr. Gopher will help himself to the potato and strichnine , and he has his own grave already dug . About Feeding Roots . The verbal enquiry has several times THE WISCONSIN FARMER .
... at work , put the potato into the hole , and cover all up . Mr. Gopher will help himself to the potato and strichnine , and he has his own grave already dug . About Feeding Roots . The verbal enquiry has several times THE WISCONSIN FARMER .
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... ly the aggregates for States , will be corrected in the re- in the return for Indiana Other errors , affecting slight- vised and complete census report . 15.2 per cent . This improvement is only a continuation 14 THE WISCONSIN FARMER .
... ly the aggregates for States , will be corrected in the re- in the return for Indiana Other errors , affecting slight- vised and complete census report . 15.2 per cent . This improvement is only a continuation 14 THE WISCONSIN FARMER .
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Page 30 - In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced; the old flag met his sight. 'Halt!
Page 80 - Gentlemen, it did not happen to me to be born in a log cabin ; but my elder brothers and sisters were born in a log cabin, raised amid the snow-drifts of New Hampshire, at a period so early that, when the smoke first rose from its rude chimney, and curled over the frozen hills, there was no similar evidence of a white man's habitation between it and the settlements on the rivers of Canada.
Page 80 - ... revolutionary war, shrunk from no danger, no toil, no sacrifice, to serve his country, and to raise his children to a condition better than his own, may my name and the name of my posterity be blotted forever from the memory of mankind ! [Mr.
Page 204 - The bird called the nine-killer is an arithmetician, also the crow, the wild turkey, and some other birds. The torpedo, the ray, and the electric eel are electricians. The nautilus is a navigator. He raises and lowers his sails, casts and weighs anchor, and performs nautical feats. Whole tribes of birds are musicians. The beaver is an architect, builder, and wood-cutter. He cuts down trees and erects houses and dams.
Page 45 - I may add at this point that, while I remain in my present position. I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation ; nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.
Page 80 - Its remains still exist. I make to it an annual visit. I carry my children to it, to teach them the hardships endured by the generations which have gone before them. I love to dwell on the tender recollections, the kindred ties, the early affections, and the touching narratives and incidents, which mingle with all I know of this primitive family abode.
Page 45 - I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation. Nor shall I return to slavery *any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation or by any of the acts of Congress.
Page 214 - And that nothing may be wanting to this land of marvels, the forests are skirted by enormous meadows, which, reeking with heat and moisture, supply nourishment to countless herds of wild cattle, that browse and fatten on their herbage; while the adjoining plains rich in another form of life, are the chosen abode of the subtlest and most ferocious animals, which prey on each other, but which it might almost seem no human power can hope to extirpate.
Page 80 - I fail in affectionate veneration for him who reared it, and defended it against savage violence and destruction, cherished all the domestic virtues beneath its roof, and through the fire and blood of a seven years...
Page 271 - The wax, thua granulated or flatted, is exposed to the air on linen cloths, stretched on large frames, about a foot or two above the ground, in which situation it remains for several days and nights, exposed to the air and sun, being occasionally watered and turned ; by this process the yellow color nearly disappears.