Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1869 |
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... matter , and the publishing of condensations or deductions from it in a monthly report . The compilation , composition , revision , and publication of the annual volume is also intrusted to this division . The importance of this work ...
... matter , and the publishing of condensations or deductions from it in a monthly report . The compilation , composition , revision , and publication of the annual volume is also intrusted to this division . The importance of this work ...
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... matter for the monthly , the statistical data on file for reference , and all special statistical investigations whatever , was last year but $ 10,000 . It is in no sense commensurate with the objects to be accomplished , and would ...
... matter for the monthly , the statistical data on file for reference , and all special statistical investigations whatever , was last year but $ 10,000 . It is in no sense commensurate with the objects to be accomplished , and would ...
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... matter running from nostrils , breath- ing heavy , blood passing from the intestines , cramps , resulting in death in eight to twelve hours . A few cases have been saved by giving calo- mel in doses of twenty to thirty grains , in cold ...
... matter running from nostrils , breath- ing heavy , blood passing from the intestines , cramps , resulting in death in eight to twelve hours . A few cases have been saved by giving calo- mel in doses of twenty to thirty grains , in cold ...
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... matter and a noisome odor . One died after suf- fering two years . Sulphur proved to be a partial remedy . LOSSES AND DEPREDATIONS BY DOGS . Letters from correspondents in every section of the country lament the ravages of dogs , the ...
... matter and a noisome odor . One died after suf- fering two years . Sulphur proved to be a partial remedy . LOSSES AND DEPREDATIONS BY DOGS . Letters from correspondents in every section of the country lament the ravages of dogs , the ...
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... matter - guts , skins , bladders , & c . Pork . pounds .. 28,690 , 133 Hams and bacon .... pounds .. 43 , 659 , 064 48,295 3,267,652 5,476,998 Lard .. pounds .. 64 , 555 , 462 9 , 427 , 31 Lard oil ... ..gallons .. Neat's - foot and ...
... matter - guts , skins , bladders , & c . Pork . pounds .. 28,690 , 133 Hams and bacon .... pounds .. 43 , 659 , 064 48,295 3,267,652 5,476,998 Lard .. pounds .. 64 , 555 , 462 9 , 427 , 31 Lard oil ... ..gallons .. Neat's - foot and ...
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Página 234 - ... to the crop. The advantage, therefore, of large sets remains practically unimpaired. Sixthly : Weight for weight, cut sets produce as nearly as possible the same weight per acre as whole potatoes ; but for the reasons given above, the weight of the sets should not be reduced by subdivision. Seventhly : Smaller sets give a larger produce, in proportion to their weight, than the larger sets, Eighthly : When the intervals between the sets in the rows are diminished to less than a foot, the...
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Página 178 - Potatoes succeeded at the latter place, though the tubers were small. They were regularly planted for several years until the seed was lost by freezing during the winter. At St. Michael's they did not do well. Salad was successful; but cabbages would not head. The white round turnips grown at St. Michael's were the best I ever saw anywhere, and very large, many of them weighing five or six pounds.
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