Agriculture of Maine: Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture, Volume 7, Part 1862 |
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... plantations , where the operators are driven to their tasks , and care only to avoid the dreaded lash . It was my intention to offer some suggestions upon the subject of refining , a branch wholly distinct from the manufacture of crude ...
... plantations , where the operators are driven to their tasks , and care only to avoid the dreaded lash . It was my intention to offer some suggestions upon the subject of refining , a branch wholly distinct from the manufacture of crude ...
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... plantations , only 6,517 lbs . are reported ; suggestive of a very large falling off , perhaps by reason of an unfavorable season or other causes . It is much to be regretted that all the towns and plantations did not make returns ...
... plantations , only 6,517 lbs . are reported ; suggestive of a very large falling off , perhaps by reason of an unfavorable season or other causes . It is much to be regretted that all the towns and plantations did not make returns ...
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... 400 794 5537 239 218 9529 1241 481 1487 5175 140 255 187 8974 965 874 69 60 300 4129 537 189 174 4048 758 214 1 " 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 13 Weston , Bancroft plantation , Barker plantation , Belfast Academy 156 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE .
... 400 794 5537 239 218 9529 1241 481 1487 5175 140 255 187 8974 965 874 69 60 300 4129 537 189 174 4048 758 214 1 " 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 13 Weston , Bancroft plantation , Barker plantation , Belfast Academy 156 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE .
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... 2250 11 Pounds of Honey . Pounds of Maple Sugar . 1 Gallons of Ma- ple Syrup and Molasses . Value of Poultry and Eggs pro- duced . AROOSTOOK COUNTY . Fremont plantation , - Forestville plantation , SECRETARY'S REPORT . 157 19.
... 2250 11 Pounds of Honey . Pounds of Maple Sugar . 1 Gallons of Ma- ple Syrup and Molasses . Value of Poultry and Eggs pro- duced . AROOSTOOK COUNTY . Fremont plantation , - Forestville plantation , SECRETARY'S REPORT . 157 19.
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... plantation , Greenwood plantation , 1 Maysville , Monticello , New Limerick , Orient , Presque Isle , Smyrna , Eaton Grant plantation , 18 163 262 90 1 1 1 1 96 Masardis , Lyndon , 411 066 111 18 years old . 11 1111 119 2464 Grant Isle ...
... plantation , Greenwood plantation , 1 Maysville , Monticello , New Limerick , Orient , Presque Isle , Smyrna , Eaton Grant plantation , 18 163 262 90 1 1 1 1 96 Masardis , Lyndon , 411 066 111 18 years old . 11 1111 119 2464 Grant Isle ...
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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...