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... fields are clean as well as fruitful . If there is an unsightly bog , he reclaims it and makes it fertile . If there are impoverished acres , he studies and experiments , and finds what clements are lacking , and supplies them . If ...
... fields are clean as well as fruitful . If there is an unsightly bog , he reclaims it and makes it fertile . If there are impoverished acres , he studies and experiments , and finds what clements are lacking , and supplies them . If ...
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... fields , as he plants the brown seed and gathers in the golden harvest , as he listens to the song of birds , the lowing of herds , the sweet hum of animated nature , as he sees the morning sun rise to gild and gladden the earth , and ...
... fields , as he plants the brown seed and gathers in the golden harvest , as he listens to the song of birds , the lowing of herds , the sweet hum of animated nature , as he sees the morning sun rise to gild and gladden the earth , and ...
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... field is our Land , Immortal the fruits it shall yield to your hand . Match your strength to your day - Sow to God , the good Giver , And ring out your Harvest - Home once and forever ! REPORTS , & c . PLOUGHING - WITH DOUBLE TEAMS 28.
... field is our Land , Immortal the fruits it shall yield to your hand . Match your strength to your day - Sow to God , the good Giver , And ring out your Harvest - Home once and forever ! REPORTS , & c . PLOUGHING - WITH DOUBLE TEAMS 28.
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... field that was ploughed last year , well adapted to the purpose , being rather hard , with pebble stones , which is desirable to test the quality of the plough , and try the skill of the ploughman . It was also well situated , the land ...
... field that was ploughed last year , well adapted to the purpose , being rather hard , with pebble stones , which is desirable to test the quality of the plough , and try the skill of the ploughman . It was also well situated , the land ...
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... field work with the ploughs of the present day , but more team was required to use them . There has also been great improvement in instruments for pulverizing the soil and clearing the field crops of weeds . The cultivator , horse hoe ...
... field work with the ploughs of the present day , but more team was required to use them . There has also been great improvement in instruments for pulverizing the soil and clearing the field crops of weeds . The cultivator , horse hoe ...
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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.