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... Merino sheep and their grades are most common . Av- erage price of wool 42 cts . per lb .; average weight of fleece 42 lbs . washed . Wethers only are fattened for the market . The introduction of the Merino has added 33 per cent . to ...
... Merino sheep and their grades are most common . Av- erage price of wool 42 cts . per lb .; average weight of fleece 42 lbs . washed . Wethers only are fattened for the market . The introduction of the Merino has added 33 per cent . to ...
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... Merino , principally . The average weight of fleeces is 41 lbs . washed ; prices 30 cts . to $ 1 per lb. Sheep are not fattened for market . The introduction of Spanish blood , from Vermont and New York , has much im- proved the sheep ...
... Merino , principally . The average weight of fleeces is 41 lbs . washed ; prices 30 cts . to $ 1 per lb. Sheep are not fattened for market . The introduction of Spanish blood , from Vermont and New York , has much im- proved the sheep ...
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... Merino crossed with the common sheep . The average weight of the washed fleeces is about 4 lbs . each . The prices ... Merinos are the most profitable , but for mutton , the Leicester and South Down are preferable , both for the larger ...
... Merino crossed with the common sheep . The average weight of the washed fleeces is about 4 lbs . each . The prices ... Merinos are the most profitable , but for mutton , the Leicester and South Down are preferable , both for the larger ...
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... Merinos are the only breeds of sheep kept in this locality to much extent . Average weight of washed fleeces , four pounds ; average price per pound , forty cents . No sheep are kept exclusively for mutton , or fattened for market . A ...
... Merinos are the only breeds of sheep kept in this locality to much extent . Average weight of washed fleeces , four pounds ; average price per pound , forty cents . No sheep are kept exclusively for mutton , or fattened for market . A ...
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... Merino sheep , and their grades , are the prin- , cipal breed of sheep in this vicinity . There are some of the different breeds of long - wool and South - Downs , but they are not numerous . We have flocks of from 200 to 400 , that ...
... Merino sheep , and their grades , are the prin- , cipal breed of sheep in this vicinity . There are some of the different breeds of long - wool and South - Downs , but they are not numerous . We have flocks of from 200 to 400 , that ...
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Page 10 - 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 122 - Provided, That in no case shall any State to which land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State or of any Territory of the United 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 121 - 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 124 - Fifth. When lands shall be selected from those which have been raised to double the minimum price, in consequence of railroad grants, they shall be computed to the States at the maximum price, and the number of acres proportionally diminished. Sixth. No State while in a condition of rebellion or insurrection against the Government of the United States shall be entitled to the benefit of this act.
Page 122 - 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 128 - ... 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 . . . in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
Page 123 - 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 123 - 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 22 - The legislature shall encourage the promotion of intellectual, scientific and agricultural improvement; and shall, as soon as practicable, provide for the establishment of an agricultural school.
Page 127 - ... 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, to the endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college...