Annual Report of the Missouri State Board of AgricultureMissouri State Board of Agriculture, 1901 |
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Page 7
... Never mind this , but make an appointment to meet in some office in town on some Satur- day . If you can get five to come together , organize and elect officers . Make the meetings regular each month and on the same Saturday . Some ...
... Never mind this , but make an appointment to meet in some office in town on some Satur- day . If you can get five to come together , organize and elect officers . Make the meetings regular each month and on the same Saturday . Some ...
Page 17
... never heard of a man who did not eat fruit , hence you touch us all . It is an honor to be a benefactor making two blades of grass to grow in place of one - those who produce apples instead of crabs are philanthropists - an honored ...
... never heard of a man who did not eat fruit , hence you touch us all . It is an honor to be a benefactor making two blades of grass to grow in place of one - those who produce apples instead of crabs are philanthropists - an honored ...
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... never paid me anything , but am trying it on very rich ground this year and hope for good results . I have a berry that I got under the name of Tippecanoe that is a great cropper of fine large berries , but they are too light in color ...
... never paid me anything , but am trying it on very rich ground this year and hope for good results . I have a berry that I got under the name of Tippecanoe that is a great cropper of fine large berries , but they are too light in color ...
Page 34
... never investigated this disease and have no idea as to whether or not it can be prevented . This season our berries have been almost half destroyed by the attack of either the " true " or " false " squash bug . We have almost abàndoned ...
... never investigated this disease and have no idea as to whether or not it can be prevented . This season our berries have been almost half destroyed by the attack of either the " true " or " false " squash bug . We have almost abàndoned ...
Page 35
... never had a crop of fruit , and the blight has almost got the plantation . We would not advise the planting of pears , except after testing the soil in a small way . To speak frankly , then , we have not found horticulture a very ...
... never had a crop of fruit , and the blight has almost got the plantation . We would not advise the planting of pears , except after testing the soil in a small way . To speak frankly , then , we have not found horticulture a very ...
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Page 403 - MASTER of human destinies am I! Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace — soon or late I knock, unbidden, once at every gate! If sleeping, wake — if feasting, rise before I turn away. It is the hour of fate, And they who follow me reach every state Mortals desire, and conquer every foe Save death; but those who doubt or hesitate, Condemned to failure, penury, and woe, Seek me in vain...
Page 138 - Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 12 - This constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any regular meeting.
Page 129 - Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
Page 91 - And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays : Whether we look, or whether we listen. We hear life murmur or see it glisten ; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers. And...
Page 420 - that all fermented, distilled, or other intoxicating liquors or liquids transported Into any state or territory or remaining therein for use. consumption, sale, or storage therein...
Page 420 - That all fermented, distilled, or other intoxicating liquors or liquids transported into any State or Territory, or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale, or storage therein, shall, upon arrival in such State or Territory...
Page 420 - ... plainly and clearly marked, so that the name and address of the shipper, and the nature of the contents, may be readily ascertained on an inspection of the outside of such package SEC.
Page 339 - With tireless industry do the warblers befriend the human race; their unconscious zeal plays due part in the nice adjustment of Nature's forces, helping to bring about that balance of vegetable and insect life without which agriculture would be in vain. They visit the orchard when the apple and pear, the peach, plum and cherry are in bloom, seeming to revel carelessly amid the sweet-scented and deliriously tinted blossoms, but never faltering in their good work.