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... cultivate the soil , while the whole race should thus be fed- that to the moral , political and social elevation of man , as well as to the full and healthy development of his physical powers , agriculture should be necessary and ...
... cultivate the soil , while the whole race should thus be fed- that to the moral , political and social elevation of man , as well as to the full and healthy development of his physical powers , agriculture should be necessary and ...
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... cultivated and acquired by all , -which is as neces- sary upon the farm as in the office or work - shop , and the ... cultivate it , ex- periment upon it , do with it and what you 16.
... cultivated and acquired by all , -which is as neces- sary upon the farm as in the office or work - shop , and the ... cultivate it , ex- periment upon it , do with it and what you 16.
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... cultivated life . Let it have some sacred retreat , where labor shall forget its irksome tasks , -where tired nature shall find sweet repose , -where everything shall charm the ear , delight the eye , or gratify the mind , -where shall ...
... cultivated life . Let it have some sacred retreat , where labor shall forget its irksome tasks , -where tired nature shall find sweet repose , -where everything shall charm the ear , delight the eye , or gratify the mind , -where shall ...
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... cultivation of the field crops , should not be wholly laid aside . One advantage , however , the cultivator of the ... cultivated , and various other things ; therefore there is no gen- eral rule to be applied , but every cultivator of ...
... cultivation of the field crops , should not be wholly laid aside . One advantage , however , the cultivator of the ... cultivated , and various other things ; therefore there is no gen- eral rule to be applied , but every cultivator of ...
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... scraggy and unsymmetrical , proving a lack of skill in cultivation , or of taste in selection , and both alike fatal to success in exhibition . If half of those who brought forward asters taken up from the border and potted— 75.
... scraggy and unsymmetrical , proving a lack of skill in cultivation , or of taste in selection , and both alike fatal to success in exhibition . If half of those who brought forward asters taken up from the border and potted— 75.
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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.