The Call of the Land: Popular Chapters on Topics of Interest to FarmersOrange Judd Company, 1913 - 385 páginas |
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... crops than the whole 160 acres in cultiva- tion . If the utilization of the Russian wild . olive is not possible , the farmer should go . to Nature for material with which to form hedges . The following native shrubs and small trees ...
... crops than the whole 160 acres in cultiva- tion . If the utilization of the Russian wild . olive is not possible , the farmer should go . to Nature for material with which to form hedges . The following native shrubs and small trees ...
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... crop , or parcel of land ! This methodless and unintelligent farming is responsible for much of the dis- position shown by boys and girls to rush to the city . Young people with intelligence wish to cultivate their minds and are de ...
... crop , or parcel of land ! This methodless and unintelligent farming is responsible for much of the dis- position shown by boys and girls to rush to the city . Young people with intelligence wish to cultivate their minds and are de ...
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... crop . Too close grazing in time destroys any grass . During long drouth cattle pull up grass by the roots . Grass is killed by tram- pling . Areas far from streams and springs have to be pastured . Herds are sometimes driven to water ...
... crop . Too close grazing in time destroys any grass . During long drouth cattle pull up grass by the roots . Grass is killed by tram- pling . Areas far from streams and springs have to be pastured . Herds are sometimes driven to water ...
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... crops , enough is not only as good as a surfeit but a great deal better . Instead of sloshing on water in a field because we have plenty , we now save the surplus for new acres elsewhere . Independently of the “ dry ' culture , of which ...
... crops , enough is not only as good as a surfeit but a great deal better . Instead of sloshing on water in a field because we have plenty , we now save the surplus for new acres elsewhere . Independently of the “ dry ' culture , of which ...
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... crops , enough is not only as good as a surfeit but a great deal better . Instead of sloshing on water in a field because we have plenty , we now save the surplus for new acres else- where . Independently of the " dry " culture , of ...
... crops , enough is not only as good as a surfeit but a great deal better . Instead of sloshing on water in a field because we have plenty , we now save the surplus for new acres else- where . Independently of the " dry " culture , of ...
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Página 184 - An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two...
Página 184 - That in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science...
Página 98 - And bade me creep past. No ! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of old, Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrears Of pain, darkness and cold. For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave, The black minute's at end, And the elements...
Página 314 - My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof!
Página 185 - Territory shall be twenty-five thousand dollars to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction...
Página 188 - Not once or twice in our rough island story The path of duty was the way to glory.
Página 351 - I have heard what the talkers were talking, the talk of the beginning and the end, But I do not talk of the beginning or the end. There was never any more inception than there is now...
Página 352 - THERE is no unbelief; Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod And waits to see it push away the clod, He trusts in God. Whoever says when clouds are in the sky, "Be patient, heart; light breaketh by and by,
Página 239 - Who can see the green earth any more As she was by the sources of Time? Who imagines her fields as they lay In the sunshine, unworn by the plough? Who thinks as they thought, The tribes who then roam'd on her breast, Her vigorous, primitive sons?
Página 238 - Some keep the Sabbath in surplice; I just wear my wings, And instead of tolling the bell for church, Our little sexton sings. God preaches, - a noted clergyman, And the sermon is never long; So instead of getting to heaven at last, I'm going all along!