Agriculture of Maine: Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture, Volume 28, Part 1884 |
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Page 294 - ... the number of net pounds in the package sold or offered for sale, the name or trade-mark under which the article is sold, the name of the manufacturer, and the place of manufacture, and a chemical analysis stating...
Page 295 - Any person violating any of the provisions of sections forty or forty-one of the agricultural law shall forfeit and pay a penalty to the people of the state of New York of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for the first violation and not less than two hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for the second and each subsequent violation.
Page 334 - And yield a pleasure better than gold. Better than gold is a peaceful home, Where all the fireside charities come,— The shrine of love, the heaven of life, Hallowed by mother, or sister, or wife. However humble the home may be, Or tried with sorrow by Heaven's decree, The blessings that never were bought or sold, And center there, are better than gold.
Page 294 - State, any commercial fertilizer, shall affix to every package, in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof, a plainly printed certificate stating the number of net pounds in the package sold or offered for sale, the name or trade mark under which...
Page 293 - That for the purpose of protection from frauds in commercial fertilizers, and from adulterations in foods, feeds and seeds, and for the purpose of promoting agriculture by scientific investigation and experiment, the Maine Fertilizer Control and Agricultural Experiment Station is hereby established in connection with the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
Page 295 - Any person selling, offering or exposing for sale, any commercial fertilizer without the statement required by the first section of this act, or with a label stating that said fertilizer contains a larger percentage of any one or more of the constituents mentioned in said section than is contained therein, or...
Page 356 - The Society then proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year, with the following result : — President, Dr.
Page 216 - ... creeping root-stocks. Panicles along the side and at the end of the stems, sometimes partially enclosed by the sheaths of the leaves. Glumes nearly equal in length, without awns but sharp-pointed, a little shorter than the flowering glume and palea, which are very acute and of equal length. This grass grows in wet grounds and moist woods, and flowers in August. Flint says that cattle eat it very readily, and as it blossoms late in the season it is of some value, though it is frequently regarded...
Page 306 - The State Board will take every precaution in their power for the safe preservation of stock and articles on exhibition, after their arrival and arrangement upon the grounds, but will not be responsible for any loss or damage that may occur.
Page 232 - ... and intervals occasionally overflowed. It will not endure to be long covered with water, especially in warm weather. It is well to let a piece go to seed, save the seed, and scatter it over low lands. It makes an excellent grass for oxen, cows, and sheep, but is thought to be rather fine for horses. It never grows so coarse or hard but that the stalk is sweet and tender, and eaten without waste.