Transactions of the Essex Agricultural Society from ...Press of Foote & Brown, 1861 |
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... profitable adaptation and raising of crops , and in the breeding of stock , yet it cannot be denied that in com- merce , manufactures , and the mechanic arts , there has been still greater progress . Although commerce is but the inter ...
... profitable adaptation and raising of crops , and in the breeding of stock , yet it cannot be denied that in com- merce , manufactures , and the mechanic arts , there has been still greater progress . Although commerce is but the inter ...
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... profitable and more attractive . And this response , though twofold in form , is in reality a unit , for the more profitable farming becomes , the more attractive it will be , -while whatever tends to make it more attractive will be ...
... profitable and more attractive . And this response , though twofold in form , is in reality a unit , for the more profitable farming becomes , the more attractive it will be , -while whatever tends to make it more attractive will be ...
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... profitable and more at- tractive ? It is the old question , which in one or another form recurs and is discussed on every occasion like the present , and the full answer to which would cover the whole field of theory and practice in ...
... profitable and more at- tractive ? It is the old question , which in one or another form recurs and is discussed on every occasion like the present , and the full answer to which would cover the whole field of theory and practice in ...
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... , it would be a profitable theme . For illus- tration , suppose a farmer should say to his son who is training to succeed him , " Here , take this lot of land , cultivate it , ex- periment upon it , do with it and what you 16.
... , it would be a profitable theme . For illus- tration , suppose a farmer should say to his son who is training to succeed him , " Here , take this lot of land , cultivate it , ex- periment upon it , do with it and what you 16.
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... profitable . But I spoke of scientific research . I have no disposition at this late stage to exhaust your kind patience with a disquisition on scientific farming . But let me say , that we lookers - on cannot understand this prejudice ...
... profitable . But I spoke of scientific research . I have no disposition at this late stage to exhaust your kind patience with a disquisition on scientific farming . But let me say , that we lookers - on cannot understand this prejudice ...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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