The Wisconsin Farmer, Volume 14D.J. Powers & Company, 1862 - Agriculture |
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... amount of heat thrown out by them while undergoing combustion.- Experiments have been instituted several times , to ascertain as near as might be the actual difference in their amount . Among these ex- periments , those of Mr. Bull of ...
... amount of heat thrown out by them while undergoing combustion.- Experiments have been instituted several times , to ascertain as near as might be the actual difference in their amount . Among these ex- periments , those of Mr. Bull of ...
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... amount of extraneous vege table matter is extracted . It is then subjected to a rapid boiling at 160 ° heat , in what is called a " vacuum pan , " which finishes the process . any of the railroad depots in this city , in quantities of ...
... amount of extraneous vege table matter is extracted . It is then subjected to a rapid boiling at 160 ° heat , in what is called a " vacuum pan , " which finishes the process . any of the railroad depots in this city , in quantities of ...
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... amount by weight is given at every feeding , they will not have enough when the weather is cold , and will be surfeited when it is warm and damp . Both of these evils must be avoided , while a little attention and observation will ...
... amount by weight is given at every feeding , they will not have enough when the weather is cold , and will be surfeited when it is warm and damp . Both of these evils must be avoided , while a little attention and observation will ...
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... amount of snow and uniform weather . To prepare for the worst is policy . Begin by thoroughly mulching with straw manure , or litter , the door - yard shrubs and garden fruits ; stalks round the trunk , at the ground . Another antidote ...
... amount of snow and uniform weather . To prepare for the worst is policy . Begin by thoroughly mulching with straw manure , or litter , the door - yard shrubs and garden fruits ; stalks round the trunk , at the ground . Another antidote ...
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... amount in depth in the sub - soil with the surface soil , and mixing all together thoroughly . In this mix- ture grape cuttings rooted well and vines with- stood the drouth , and more than all , the roots would get down more effectually ...
... amount in depth in the sub - soil with the surface soil , and mixing all together thoroughly . In this mix- ture grape cuttings rooted well and vines with- stood the drouth , and more than all , the roots would get down more effectually ...
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Page 388 - 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 389 - 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 388 - Provided, That in no case shall any State to which land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State or of any Territory of the United States, but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents, or less per acre: And provided further.
Page 388 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 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...
Page 193 - Except now and then a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. 'Tis nothing: a private or two, now and then, Will not count in the news of the battle; Not an officer lost, — only one of the men, Moaning out, all alone, the death-rattle." All quiet along the Potomac...
Page 388 - 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 whicl> it belongs, so that the capital of the fund shall remain forever undiminished...
Page 25 - Here woman reigns; the mother, daughter, wife, Strews with fresh flowers the narrow way of life! In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard of loves and graces lie! Around her knees domestic .duties meet, And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet.
Page 388 - That all moneys derived from the sale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the lands are apportioned, and from the sales of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be invested in stocks of the United States, or of the States, or some other safe stocks...
Page 388 - ... 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 one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, to which said State may be entitled under the provisions of this act, land scrip to the amount in acres for the deficiency of its distributive share...
Page 388 - ... 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, in such manner as the Legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.