Agriculture of Maine: Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture, Volume 7, Part 1862 |
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... feet square , and keeping the house closed until the fumes of sulphur pervade the whole interior . The kind of mildew which has attacked our grape - vines , appears in the form of a minute white mould , ( botrytis , ) which affects the ...
... feet square , and keeping the house closed until the fumes of sulphur pervade the whole interior . The kind of mildew which has attacked our grape - vines , appears in the form of a minute white mould , ( botrytis , ) which affects the ...
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... feet and rising in pyramidal form , termi- nate in a point nine or ten feet high , and on which pears , measuring from ten to twelve inches in circumference have grown for several years past . These , to say nothing of the fruit , are ...
... feet and rising in pyramidal form , termi- nate in a point nine or ten feet high , and on which pears , measuring from ten to twelve inches in circumference have grown for several years past . These , to say nothing of the fruit , are ...
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... feet of the trees . I have known pear trees purchased and set in a garden and corn planted within one foot of them , and before fall the trees could not be seen for corn , barn grass and other weeds that grew up around them ; and , as ...
... feet of the trees . I have known pear trees purchased and set in a garden and corn planted within one foot of them , and before fall the trees could not be seen for corn , barn grass and other weeds that grew up around them ; and , as ...
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... feet apart . In regard to hill- ing up , there are various opinions ; the most successful potato growers within my ... feet apart . Plant lot No. 1 in hills three feet distant . 66 2 66 two 66 3 " 6 one and a half 66 4 66 one The amount ...
... feet apart . In regard to hill- ing up , there are various opinions ; the most successful potato growers within my ... feet apart . Plant lot No. 1 in hills three feet distant . 66 2 66 two 66 3 " 6 one and a half 66 4 66 one The amount ...
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... feet apart , using for this purpose a pair of board trucks with the axle as long as the width of the drills , confining a board in the fork of the handle to make the drill . This is pushed across the piece , and in going back one wheel ...
... feet apart , using for this purpose a pair of board trucks with the axle as long as the width of the drills , confining a board in the fork of the handle to make the drill . This is pushed across the piece , and in going back one wheel ...
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Page 148 - States in sections or subdivisions of sections, not less than one-quarter of a section; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State...
Page 148 - ... 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 147 - 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...
Page 149 - 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 ; and said State shall be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the State shall be valid.
Page 149 - Fourth. 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 ; 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 148 - ... that the moneys so invested shall constitute a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished (except so far as may be provided in section fifth of this act), and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this act...
Page 148 - ... 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.
Page 148 - And be it further enacted, That all the expenses of management, superintendence, and taxes from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of the moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they...
Page 148 - 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 147 - That the land aforesaid, after being surveyed, shall be apportioned to the several States in sections or subdivisions of sections, not less than onequarter of a section...