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... agriculture not only sustaining its own vast population , but sending of its abundance to foreign shores , the sails of its commerce whiten- ing every sea , and glistening over waters which the keel of no adventurer ever before ploughed ...
... agriculture not only sustaining its own vast population , but sending of its abundance to foreign shores , the sails of its commerce whiten- ing every sea , and glistening over waters which the keel of no adventurer ever before ploughed ...
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... agriculture as de- veloped and illustrated by a state of war . During the active lifetime of the present generation of farmers , we have , at home at least , lived in profound peace . During this period , although agriculture has ...
... agriculture as de- veloped and illustrated by a state of war . During the active lifetime of the present generation of farmers , we have , at home at least , lived in profound peace . During this period , although agriculture has ...
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... agricultural resources . And thus , too , at once the great problem presents itself , how shall agriculture be encouraged and promoted , and how shall men , the right sort of men , men of talents and of means , be induced to engage in ...
... agricultural resources . And thus , too , at once the great problem presents itself , how shall agriculture be encouraged and promoted , and how shall men , the right sort of men , men of talents and of means , be induced to engage in ...
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... agriculture . Upon such a field , where so long the highest science and the deepest skill have been exercised , I have not the temerity to enter . The most I can do is , lin- gering upon its borders , to attempt to glean a few scattered ...
... agriculture . Upon such a field , where so long the highest science and the deepest skill have been exercised , I have not the temerity to enter . The most I can do is , lin- gering upon its borders , to attempt to glean a few scattered ...
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... agriculture should be necessary and essential , and yet that it should give no scope for the exercise of his intellectual facul- ties , of that " living soul " which he became when God " breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ...
... agriculture should be necessary and essential , and yet that it should give no scope for the exercise of his intellectual facul- ties , of that " living soul " which he became when God " breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ...
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1st premium 2d premium 50 cents acre agriculture amount award barn bees Benjamin Berry birds Boxford bread breed bushels butter cattle Charles Committee corn cranberry crop cultivation culture Daniel Dodge dollars Draft Horses Essex exhibited experiment farmers feed feet flock flowers fruit George Georgetown grain grapes grass gratuity Groveland harrowed Haverhill Heifers hive honey horses hundred inches deep insects John Jonathan Berry Joseph June labor land Lawrence Loring manure Marblehead Merino Methuen milk Moist North Andover Ordway oxen pasture Peter Wait plants ploughed potatoes pounds prem produced profitable Putnam raised roots ruta bagas S. A. Merrill Salem Samuel season second premium seed sheep Society soil South Danvers sowed squashes STATEMENT swarm tion tons Topsfield Treadwell Farm trees Trustees turnips varieties vegetables vines Ware weighed West Newbury wheat William wool wurzel
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Page 28 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 26 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it : thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly : thou settlest the furrows thereof : thou makest it soft with showers : thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures...
Page 28 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate.
Page 26 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: them preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 26 - See the wretch that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again ; The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 60 - And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
Page 20 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Page 145 - it is stated, that " a cautious observer, having found a nest of five young jays, remarked, that each of these birds, while yet very young, consumed at least fifteen of these full-sized grubs in one day, and of course would require many more of a smaller size.
Page 27 - For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding Sire to Son, Though baffled oft is ever won.