Transactions of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Volume 9Beriah Brown, State Printer, 1871 |
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Page 155 - He who makes two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before is a benefactor of the race.
Page ix - AMENDMENTS. This constitution may be amended by a vote of two-thirds of the members attending any annual meeting...
Page 89 - Differences which may from time to time arise between the parties hereto in anywise relating to or arising out of this agreement or the subject matter thereof shall be referred for arbitration to three disinterested arbitrators, one to be appointed by the Government, one by the company, and the third by the two thus chosen, and the decision of any two of them shall be final and binding. 18. Upon this agreement being ratified by the Legislature of Newfoundland the term of that part of this agreement...
Page viii - October next, at such time and place as they may determine, and shall immediately proceed to organize by electing a president and secretary who shall be members of the board and who shall hold their respective offices for the term of one year.
Page 212 - Of late years, light-salted butter sells best, and the rate of salting varies from one-half to three-fourths of an ounce of salt to the pound of butter. The butter, after having been salted and worked, is allowed to stand until evening, and is then worked a second time and packed. In hot weather, as soon as the butter is salted and worked over, it is taken to the pools and immersed in water, where it remains until evening, when it is taken out, worked over, and packed. For this purpose a separate...
Page 74 - REJECTED WINTER WHEAT shall include Winter Wheat damp, musty, or from any cause so badly damaged as to render it unfit for No. 3.
Page 322 - Suggestions have been made for using the telephonograph as a telephonic relay, and I am informed that some experiments have been made recently in this direction in Europe, and it may perhaps not be out of place, in this connection, to call attention to the experiments made by the author in employing the phonograph as a telephonic relay at the time of his lecture on Edison and His Inventions...
Page 344 - The true remedy consists in preventing them from becoming numerous so late in the season. Watch for the beetles in early spring, when the vines are just peeping out of the ground. Ensnare as many of them as you can before they get a chance to pair, by making a few small heaps of potatoes in the field planted ; to these the beetles will be attracted for food, and you can easily kill them in the morning. Keep an eagle eye for the eggs which are first deposited. Cultivate well, by frequently stirring...
Page 203 - The farmers of a neighborhood join together and erect the buildings, each one paying in proportion to size of farm or number of cows from which milk is to be delivered. After the structure is completed and furnished, a superintendent is chosen, and help hired for running the factory, and the expenses are shared by stockholders, in proportion to the amount of milk delivered. Repairs, additions, &c., from year to year, are added to the expense account.
Page 217 - We have referred to the manufacture of "skim cheese" as a part of the butte-r-factory system. We have said that the cream is dipped from the milk while it is sweet, and that the latter then goes into the milk-vats for making " skim cheese." It should be remarked that at the butter factories the quantity of milk to be manipulated is usually much smaller than at the cheese factories. In making a fancy product it is found advisable that the delivery of milk be kept within moderate bounds, say from three...