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Page 78
... roots whose life no company would insure at any premium . The growing of lovely and perfectly formed flowers is as much in harmony with nature as any of the opera- tions of culture . Man is a worker of changes in everything ; he has ...
... roots whose life no company would insure at any premium . The growing of lovely and perfectly formed flowers is as much in harmony with nature as any of the opera- tions of culture . Man is a worker of changes in everything ; he has ...
Page 101
... ROOT CROPS . Forty years ago , double the claims for the culture of Roots were presented , to what , by dint of application , we have been able to obtain . When the Littles of Newbury , the Putnams of Danvers , and the cultivators of ...
... ROOT CROPS . Forty years ago , double the claims for the culture of Roots were presented , to what , by dint of application , we have been able to obtain . When the Littles of Newbury , the Putnams of Danvers , and the cultivators of ...
Page 104
... roots spread through the manure , and even went below the manure for moisture , while the leaves expanded into the atmosphere and sun for nourishment . Generally if the season be dry , the tops are small , and the form of turnip more ...
... roots spread through the manure , and even went below the manure for moisture , while the leaves expanded into the atmosphere and sun for nourishment . Generally if the season be dry , the tops are small , and the form of turnip more ...
Page 107
... roots , so that the turnip may be formed above ground , which is not an unnatural position . Plants may be safely thinned , generally , when the rough leaf appears . The crop should be kept free from weeds , per- haps until the first of ...
... roots , so that the turnip may be formed above ground , which is not an unnatural position . Plants may be safely thinned , generally , when the rough leaf appears . The crop should be kept free from weeds , per- haps until the first of ...
Page 108
... root being cut off , the turnips are passed along to be washed one at a time , by a brush made stiff with bristles , which is the most thorough and expeditious man- ner of cleaning . In bunching , uniformity in size is very im- portant ...
... root being cut off , the turnips are passed along to be washed one at a time , by a brush made stiff with bristles , which is the most thorough and expeditious man- ner of cleaning . In bunching , uniformity in size is very im- portant ...
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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.