Transactions of the Essex Agricultural Society from ...Press of Foote & Brown, 1861 |
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Page 57
... fruit spurs and buds . The Harvard , Winter Nelis and some others which flowered well in the Spring , set but little or no fruit ; while the Belle Lucrative , Buffum , Paradise de Automne and Bezi de la Motte suffered but little . The ...
... fruit spurs and buds . The Harvard , Winter Nelis and some others which flowered well in the Spring , set but little or no fruit ; while the Belle Lucrative , Buffum , Paradise de Automne and Bezi de la Motte suffered but little . The ...
Page 61
... FRUIT . The Committee on Assorted Fruits , Grapes and Peaches , report that of Assorted Fruits there was but one basket en- tered , but that was of such decided merit , both in the quality and variety of the specimens , that the ...
... FRUIT . The Committee on Assorted Fruits , Grapes and Peaches , report that of Assorted Fruits there was but one basket en- tered , but that was of such decided merit , both in the quality and variety of the specimens , that the ...
Page 62
... fruit - fancier could find no fault with the quality of the " Freestone White Flesh , Yellow Flesh or Blood Peach for Preserves . " Not an unripe or knurly specimen could be found on the Society's tables . Not a peach was offered which ...
... fruit - fancier could find no fault with the quality of the " Freestone White Flesh , Yellow Flesh or Blood Peach for Preserves . " Not an unripe or knurly specimen could be found on the Society's tables . Not a peach was offered which ...
Page 71
... fruit tables , there to add what they might of lustre to a department that , unlike ours , was nowise troubled with repletion . Having by this expedient evoked something like order from confusion , we addressed ourselves to our duty ...
... fruit tables , there to add what they might of lustre to a department that , unlike ours , was nowise troubled with repletion . Having by this expedient evoked something like order from confusion , we addressed ourselves to our duty ...
Page 81
... Fruits . Harriet M. Colcord , South Danvers . A perfect little gem ; including almost all the field flowers of the season , arranged without that senseless profusion that too often mars such work , and yet with little omitted that would ...
... Fruits . Harriet M. Colcord , South Danvers . A perfect little gem ; including almost all the field flowers of the season , arranged without that senseless profusion that too often mars such work , and yet with little omitted that would ...
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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.