Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1869 |
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... species . Vast sums of money , and much valuable time and labor , have been expended in the endeavor to make the foreign grape a success , but without exception it has proved a failure in open air culture . These failures , however ...
... species . Vast sums of money , and much valuable time and labor , have been expended in the endeavor to make the foreign grape a success , but without exception it has proved a failure in open air culture . These failures , however ...
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... species becomes acclimated , and how early it yields sat- isfactory returns , and how easily such enterprises are popularized and rendered profitable . The supply of quinine has become a necessity of existence , not merely as a cure ...
... species becomes acclimated , and how early it yields sat- isfactory returns , and how easily such enterprises are popularized and rendered profitable . The supply of quinine has become a necessity of existence , not merely as a cure ...
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... species of ser- vice will not be deemed advisable , for , although it yields much informa- tion which is beneficial to localities , it absorbs attention which might otherwise be devoted to work of more general utility . From the month ...
... species of ser- vice will not be deemed advisable , for , although it yields much informa- tion which is beneficial to localities , it absorbs attention which might otherwise be devoted to work of more general utility . From the month ...
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... species and varieties as the climate will admit , and will prove of great benefit in the workings of the department . With a strictly botanical arrangement the idea of landscape effect is happily combined ; and in designing the roads ...
... species and varieties as the climate will admit , and will prove of great benefit in the workings of the department . With a strictly botanical arrangement the idea of landscape effect is happily combined ; and in designing the roads ...
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... species of beetles feed , with the number in brackets before alluded to attached to it , as referring to the first part where the insects themselves are mentioned . The American works re- ferred to in this sketch are those of Dr ...
... species of beetles feed , with the number in brackets before alluded to attached to it , as referring to the first part where the insects themselves are mentioned . The American works re- ferred to in this sketch are those of Dr ...
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Página 173 - ... elements. The lesson that the agriculturist may learn from this curious formation is, that a healthy and luxuriant vegetation may exist in immediate vicinity of permanent ice, bearing its blossoms and maturing its seed as readily as in apparently more favored situations ; and hence that a...
Página 543 - It will be a special object of the trustees to counteract the increasing disinclination towards manual labor, and to vindicate its dignity by showing that it is compatible with intellectual culture and social refinement. The course of study will occupy four years. Its essential features are indicated by the following outline: "English language and literature, mathematics, including trigonometry,' surveying, civil engineering, drawing, chemistry, animal and vegetable physiology, botany, horticulture,...
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...
Página 467 - The receiver will then issue to the purchaser a duplicate receipt, and at the close of the month the register and receiver will make returns of the sale to the General Land Office...
Página 544 - Three hours of each day shall be devoted by every student of the college to labor upon the farm, and no person shall be exempt except for physical disability.
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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Página 577 - Field, Forest and Garden Botany. A simple introduction to the Common Plants of the United States, east of the Mississippi, both wild and cultivated. Cloth, 8vo., 386 pages. Price, by "/:/.. $1.75. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany. Comprising the '* Lessons in Botany...