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... bushels ; a warehouse receipt issued to the shipper is in bushels , and a warehouseman's supplemental certificate for loan grain is in bushels . When grain reaches the terminal market , many of the same conver- sions again are necessary ...
... bushels ; a warehouse receipt issued to the shipper is in bushels , and a warehouseman's supplemental certificate for loan grain is in bushels . When grain reaches the terminal market , many of the same conver- sions again are necessary ...
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... bushels instead of 13 bushels as then reported . The average yield per acre for Canada is 144 bushels , as against 10 bushels in 1919 and 15 bushels , the five - year average . For oats , the finally estimated production is 530,709,700 ...
... bushels instead of 13 bushels as then reported . The average yield per acre for Canada is 144 bushels , as against 10 bushels in 1919 and 15 bushels , the five - year average . For oats , the finally estimated production is 530,709,700 ...
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... bushels of corn from the 1952 crop were used on farms and that 3 , 580 , 000 bushels were moved from farms . Also about half of the corn which moved from farms remained on farms where produced at least 1 month . These 1,790,000 bushels ...
... bushels of corn from the 1952 crop were used on farms and that 3 , 580 , 000 bushels were moved from farms . Also about half of the corn which moved from farms remained on farms where produced at least 1 month . These 1,790,000 bushels ...
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... bushels 3,56 bushels of 60 lbs . 3,94 bushels of 56 lbs . 4,41 bushels of 48 lbs . 6,48 bushels of 34 lbs . 6,89 bushels of 32 lbs . 4,90 bushels of 45 lbs . 4,24 bushels of 56 lbs . Values of Money ( with Exchange at Par ) . I franc ...
... bushels 3,56 bushels of 60 lbs . 3,94 bushels of 56 lbs . 4,41 bushels of 48 lbs . 6,48 bushels of 34 lbs . 6,89 bushels of 32 lbs . 4,90 bushels of 45 lbs . 4,24 bushels of 56 lbs . Values of Money ( with Exchange at Par ) . I franc ...
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... bushels per acre , or nearly 2 bushels above the ten years ' average , but the average yields for the several agricultural sub - divisions into which the country is divided varied considerably , a yield of only 30-2 bushels to the acre ...
... bushels per acre , or nearly 2 bushels above the ten years ' average , but the average yields for the several agricultural sub - divisions into which the country is divided varied considerably , a yield of only 30-2 bushels to the acre ...
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Page 189 - The fourth section enacts that after the date there mentioned "no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate...
Page 158 - The General Assembly shall provide such revenue as may be needful by levying a tax, by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her, or its property...
Page 161 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences ; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry, against his consent ; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience ; and that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Page 161 - That all men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness.
Page 281 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Page 197 - ... any person who shall wilfully violate any of the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction...
Page 151 - Governor ; but in all such cases, the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays, to be entered on the journal of each House respectively.
Page 161 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 139 - No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.
Page 138 - We, the people of the State of Illinois — grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing upon our endeavors to secure and transmit the same unimpaired to succeeding generations...