Agriculture of Maine: Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture, Volume 7, Part 1862 |
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... noticed , of which particularly the kind called botrytis infestans penetrates the foliage and tubers , contributing to their rapid destruction . They are , however , mere attendants , not primary causes of the disease . It is well known ...
... noticed , of which particularly the kind called botrytis infestans penetrates the foliage and tubers , contributing to their rapid destruction . They are , however , mere attendants , not primary causes of the disease . It is well known ...
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... noticed , either in the process or utensils , over those of former years was the intro- duction of a box - like curd cutter , by the use of which it was divided into half inch cubes with much greater ease than it could be done by hand ...
... noticed , either in the process or utensils , over those of former years was the intro- duction of a box - like curd cutter , by the use of which it was divided into half inch cubes with much greater ease than it could be done by hand ...
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... noticed that the man had several stacks of hay down in the valley , where was the rude babita- tion which he called his home , I asked him if he was going to take the Kerry cattle there for the winter . He replied , no , the hay is for ...
... noticed that the man had several stacks of hay down in the valley , where was the rude babita- tion which he called his home , I asked him if he was going to take the Kerry cattle there for the winter . He replied , no , the hay is for ...
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... noticed one which was yielding at the time about fifty - five pounds of milk daily . Mr. Peters , at my request , has lately furnished me with a statement of her produce during one hundred and fourteen days . For steady continuance of a ...
... noticed one which was yielding at the time about fifty - five pounds of milk daily . Mr. Peters , at my request , has lately furnished me with a statement of her produce during one hundred and fourteen days . For steady continuance of a ...
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... noticed it while standing on the bridge which connects the Navy yard at Kittery with one of the islands . This is the Toad fish , named by Linneus , Batrachus tau . The tau ( being the Greek word for the letter T ) refers to a fancied ...
... noticed it while standing on the bridge which connects the Navy yard at Kittery with one of the islands . This is the Toad fish , named by Linneus , Batrachus tau . The tau ( being the Greek word for the letter T ) refers to a fancied ...
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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...