Annual Report of the Ohio State Board of AgricultureReports for 1862-66 include reports of the Ohio Pomological Society. |
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... excellent attendance with which they are favored , and for their very successful exhibition of the leading articles of productive industry of the three States of Ohio , Indiana , and Michigan . By order of the Board . JNO . M. PUGH ...
... excellent attendance with which they are favored , and for their very successful exhibition of the leading articles of productive industry of the three States of Ohio , Indiana , and Michigan . By order of the Board . JNO . M. PUGH ...
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... excellent trait is not confined to any one of the so - called families or strains . We often hear the term used , " Milking Shorthorns . " Why ? In their early days the whole race were looked upon as milkers , their fattening qualities ...
... excellent trait is not confined to any one of the so - called families or strains . We often hear the term used , " Milking Shorthorns . " Why ? In their early days the whole race were looked upon as milkers , their fattening qualities ...
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... excellent sort of a fair , and because it is , I would suppose that he would have it migrate between Middleton and Hamilton and Oxford , holding it one year in each place . The argument is just as sound in the case of county fairs as of ...
... excellent sort of a fair , and because it is , I would suppose that he would have it migrate between Middleton and Hamilton and Oxford , holding it one year in each place . The argument is just as sound in the case of county fairs as of ...
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... excellent opportunity for seeing over the track , but we have not a sufficient amount of ground to make a track of but little over a fourth of a mile in extent . That very necessarily debars any great amount of fast going , and we have ...
... excellent opportunity for seeing over the track , but we have not a sufficient amount of ground to make a track of but little over a fourth of a mile in extent . That very necessarily debars any great amount of fast going , and we have ...
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... excellent construction and proportions , doing a great amount of work , running smooth , and with the greatest ease and regularity under varying loads , with comparative low pressure of steam . The outward finish is excellent , and ...
... excellent construction and proportions , doing a great amount of work , running smooth , and with the greatest ease and regularity under varying loads , with comparative low pressure of steam . The outward finish is excellent , and ...
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Page 390 - 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, 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...
Page 436 - It will not be doubted, that with reference either to individual or national welfare, agriculture is of primary importance. In proportion as nations advance in population, and other circumstances of maturity, this truth becomes more apparent ; and renders the cultivation of the soil more and more an object of public patronage. Institutions for promoting it, grow up supported by the public purse : And to what object can it be dedicated with greater propriety...
Page 384 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretence whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation or repair of any building or buildings.
Page 384 - Fourth. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their costs and results, and such other matters, including State industrial and economical statistics, as may be supposed useful; one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail free, by each, to all the other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of this act, and also one copy to the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 65 - If true, here only, and of delicious taste : Betwixt them lawns, or level downs, and flocks Grazing the tender herb, were interposed ; Or palmy hillock, or the flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spread her store, Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose...
Page 384 - Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the land officers shall receive the same fees for locating land scrip issued under the provisions of this act as is now allowed for the location of military bounty land warrants under existing laws; Provided, their maximum compensation shall not be thereby increased. Sec. 8. And be it farther enacted, That the Governors of the several States...
Page 485 - It shall be the duty of each county or district society, to publish annually a list of the awards, and an abstract of the treasurer's account, in a newspaper of the district ; and to make a report of their proceedings during the year, and a synopsis of the awards for improvements in agriculture, and household manufactures, together with an abstract of the several descriptions of...
Page 384 - ... that a sum not exceeding ten per centum upon the amount received by any State under the provisions of this act may be expended for the purchase of lands for sites or experimental farms, whenever authorized by the respective legislatures of said States.
Page 384 - When lands shall be selected from those which have been raised to double the minimum price, in consequence of railroad grants, they shall be computed to the States at the maximum price, and the number of acres proportionally diminished.
Page 384 - 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...