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... improvement on the farms surrounding the College should con- vince the most skeptical of the good work being done . We hope to see the influence of the College farm extend until it reaches every part of the State . As a means of ...
... improvement on the farms surrounding the College should con- vince the most skeptical of the good work being done . We hope to see the influence of the College farm extend until it reaches every part of the State . As a means of ...
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... improved implements and ma- chinery . The Horticultural Department has a good working outfit , -mules , commercial nursery , orchards , gardens , etc .; and a library of 2,336 volumes , only 1187 that are not United States . Department ...
... improved implements and ma- chinery . The Horticultural Department has a good working outfit , -mules , commercial nursery , orchards , gardens , etc .; and a library of 2,336 volumes , only 1187 that are not United States . Department ...
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... improvement and progress . I fully approve of the reports and the recommendations they contain . Several of the departments need some additional equip- ment , made necessary by our large attendance and rapid growth . The Department of ...
... improvement and progress . I fully approve of the reports and the recommendations they contain . Several of the departments need some additional equip- ment , made necessary by our large attendance and rapid growth . The Department of ...
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... improved and more thoroughly cultivated . RESULTS . As a result of the work done , I refer to the increased value of the farm as shown by the appraisers ; to the fact that lands around the College have greatly enhanced in value , in ...
... improved and more thoroughly cultivated . RESULTS . As a result of the work done , I refer to the increased value of the farm as shown by the appraisers ; to the fact that lands around the College have greatly enhanced in value , in ...
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Mississippi State University. CHARACTER OF STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE . The character of students has improved almost yearly , and we now have a most earnest , studious and exemplary set of boys ; showing that they appreciate the great ...
Mississippi State University. CHARACTER OF STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE . The character of students has improved almost yearly , and we now have a most earnest , studious and exemplary set of boys ; showing that they appreciate the great ...
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Page 47 - 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 78 - ... its distributive share; said scrip to be sold by said States and the proceeds thereof applied to the uses and purposes...
Page 58 - That in order to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture and home economics, and to encourage the application of the same...
Page 64 - 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...
Page 64 - 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 yielding not less than five per centum upon the par value of said stocks...
Page 49 - An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 49 - ... comparative effects on crops of different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of food for domestic animals; the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese; and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States as may in each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective...
Page 62 - The grants of moneys authorized by this act are made subject to the legislative assent of the several States and Territories to the purpose of said grants...
Page 79 - 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...
Page 49 - ... to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals ; the diseases to which they are severally subject, with the remedies for the same ; the chemical composition of useful plants at their different stages of growth; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying series of crops; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation; the analysis of soils and water; the chemical composition of manures, natural or artificial...