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... rows of standard trees . In the College grounds , the trees and shrubs presented the College by the eminent botanist , Dr. Gray , of Harvard Univer- sity , by Mr. Buchanan , of New York , and others , are mostly alive and thriving . So ...
... rows of standard trees . In the College grounds , the trees and shrubs presented the College by the eminent botanist , Dr. Gray , of Harvard Univer- sity , by Mr. Buchanan , of New York , and others , are mostly alive and thriving . So ...
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... rows , so that the frost may thoroughly penetrate it , and the superabundant moisture may flow off , and let those wonderful chemists , air and frost , apply their subtle reagents night and day all winter long , and in the spring ...
... rows , so that the frost may thoroughly penetrate it , and the superabundant moisture may flow off , and let those wonderful chemists , air and frost , apply their subtle reagents night and day all winter long , and in the spring ...
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... rows each way 3 feet apart . The ground was in very fine condition as regards moisture at the time of planting , a shower of .25 inches having fallen May 26th . The weather had been dry for two weeks preceding . The members of the ...
... rows each way 3 feet apart . The ground was in very fine condition as regards moisture at the time of planting , a shower of .25 inches having fallen May 26th . The weather had been dry for two weeks preceding . The members of the ...
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... rows 3-6 and 13-14 . July 8th , cultivated corn twice in a row one way , and hoed July 9th , at which time the corn in rows 1-8 was 15 inches higher than that in 8-14 . August 1st corn in rows 1-8 in full silk and blossom . August 10th ...
... rows 3-6 and 13-14 . July 8th , cultivated corn twice in a row one way , and hoed July 9th , at which time the corn in rows 1-8 was 15 inches higher than that in 8-14 . August 1st corn in rows 1-8 in full silk and blossom . August 10th ...
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... rows treated with com- post gave a good return except No. 8 , which was ruined by salt in the hill . The seven rows gave an average yield of 91.14 bushels corn per acre , while those treated without compost gave an average yield of ...
... rows treated with com- post gave a good return except No. 8 , which was ruined by salt in the hill . The seven rows gave an average yield of 91.14 bushels corn per acre , while those treated without compost gave an average yield of ...
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Page 120 - ... 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, 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 119 - 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 122 - 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 120 - 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 86 - 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 - And be it further enacted, That the Governors of the several States to which scrip shall be issued under this act shall be required to report annually to Congress all sales made of such scrip until the whole shall be disposed of, the amount received for the same, and what appropriation has been made of the proceeds.
Page 121 - 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, so that the capital of the fund shall remain forever undiminished; and the annual interest shall be regularly applied without diminution to the purposes mentioned in the fourth section of...
Page 121 - 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 [7 USCS §§ 301 et seq.], and also one copy to the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 119 - States in sections or subdivisions of sections, not less than onequarter of a section; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one%dollar and twentyfive cents per acre, the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to issue to each of the St'ates in which there is not the quantity of public lands subject to sale at private entry at...
Page 125 - ... 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...