Transactions of the Essex Agricultural Society from ...Press of Foote & Brown, 1861 |
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... costs to his fraudulent debtor , has gone home mortified at the thought that his neighbors would believe he was in the wrong and his opponent in the right . The looseness which prevails in this matter strikes every lawyer with ...
... costs to his fraudulent debtor , has gone home mortified at the thought that his neighbors would believe he was in the wrong and his opponent in the right . The looseness which prevails in this matter strikes every lawyer with ...
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... cost of food given , as the care bestowed upon them ; and this remark will apply to all the animals upon the farm . When hens are kept confined , they need a variety of food to make them lay , -grain , vegetables , and animal food of ...
... cost of food given , as the care bestowed upon them ; and this remark will apply to all the animals upon the farm . When hens are kept confined , they need a variety of food to make them lay , -grain , vegetables , and animal food of ...
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... cost of material was but a few cents , were really beautiful . The exhibition in this very important department has never been equalled , in the judgment of the Committee . The following awards were made : — COUNTERPANES . Hannah E ...
... cost of material was but a few cents , were really beautiful . The exhibition in this very important department has never been equalled , in the judgment of the Committee . The following awards were made : — COUNTERPANES . Hannah E ...
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... their own hands , and do , what ought , it seemed to them , to have been done already to their hands . To have en- tered into a just comparison of the qualities of all the articles entered , would have cost a day's severe labor ; 10 73.
... their own hands , and do , what ought , it seemed to them , to have been done already to their hands . To have en- tered into a just comparison of the qualities of all the articles entered , would have cost a day's severe labor ; 10 73.
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entered , would have cost a day's severe labor ; to bring the articles so under view as to admit of it , would have been im- possible , so extremely scanty were the accommodations . Re- jecting , then , from our care all contributions ...
entered , would have cost a day's severe labor ; to bring the articles so under view as to admit of it , would have been im- possible , so extremely scanty were the accommodations . Re- jecting , then , from our care all contributions ...
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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
Popular passages
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.