The Missouri Yearbook of Agriculture: Annual Report, Volume 1The Board, 1866 - Agriculture |
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... soil , with little or no effort to secure continued fertility , to a system of “ improved agriculture , " which recognizes the great law of nature that the soil cannot continue to give without being replenished with the material . The ...
... soil , with little or no effort to secure continued fertility , to a system of “ improved agriculture , " which recognizes the great law of nature that the soil cannot continue to give without being replenished with the material . The ...
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... soil there is off into the stream , and by the time such land is fairly subdued it will be nearly worn out ; whereas , if the land is deeply tilled , it will absorb the water and gain in fertilizing materials which are brought down from ...
... soil there is off into the stream , and by the time such land is fairly subdued it will be nearly worn out ; whereas , if the land is deeply tilled , it will absorb the water and gain in fertilizing materials which are brought down from ...
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... soil . 5. Warms the under soil . 6. Equalizes the temperature of the soil during the season of growth . 7. Carries down soluble substances to the roots of plants . 8. Prevents “ freezing out , ” or “ heaving out . " 9. Prevents injury ...
... soil . 5. Warms the under soil . 6. Equalizes the temperature of the soil during the season of growth . 7. Carries down soluble substances to the roots of plants . 8. Prevents “ freezing out , ” or “ heaving out . " 9. Prevents injury ...
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... soil , together with decaying vegetation , affords precisely the neces- sary nutriment for sustaining vegetable production . But if , as is the case with us , the products of the soil are annually shipped to the great city to sustain ...
... soil , together with decaying vegetation , affords precisely the neces- sary nutriment for sustaining vegetable production . But if , as is the case with us , the products of the soil are annually shipped to the great city to sustain ...
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... soil , and to starve out and crowd out nutritious grasses . Much of the land occupied for grazing purposes , by reason of its position , and for various causes , is incapable of improvement by the ordinary processes of cultivation ; and ...
... soil , and to starve out and crowd out nutritious grasses . Much of the land occupied for grazing purposes , by reason of its position , and for various causes , is incapable of improvement by the ordinary processes of cultivation ; and ...
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Page 130 - States in sections or subdivisions of sections, not less than onequarter of a section; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twentyfive cents per acre, the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to issue to each of the States in which there is not the quantity of public lands subject to sale at private entry at...
Page 130 - That there be granted to the several States for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State, a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each senator and representative in Congress to which the States are respectively entitled by the apportionment under the census of eighteen hundred and sixty : Provided, That no mineral lands shall be selected or purchased under the provisions of this act.
Page 131 - ... First. If any portion of the fund invested as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall, by any action or contingency, be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs, so that the capital of the fund shall remain forever...
Page 417 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 148 - We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.
Page 131 - Any state which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of this act shall provide, within five years, at least not less than one college, as described in the fourth section of this act, or the grant to such state shall cease...
Page 131 - ... the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 131 - An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results, and such other matters, including State industrial and economical statistics, as may be supposed useful...
Page 234 - ... may be, give such further donations and privileges to those already established as may be necessary to secure the objects of their institution; and it shall be the duty of the general assembly, at their next session, to provide effectual measures for the improvement and permanent security of the funds and endowments of such institutions.
Page 234 - The Legislature shall encourage, by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral and agricultural improvement. The proceeds of all lands that have been or hereafter may be granted by the United States to this State for the support of schools...