The Missouri Yearbook of Agriculture: Annual Report, Volume 2The Board, 1867 - Agriculture |
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Page 37
... horses on no other grain for the last three months . My cows and hogs are all fed on it , and are all fat . I do not know just how much brush I had to the acre ; I think , near half a ton . The yield of seed is near seventy - five ...
... horses on no other grain for the last three months . My cows and hogs are all fed on it , and are all fat . I do not know just how much brush I had to the acre ; I think , near half a ton . The yield of seed is near seventy - five ...
Page 79
... horses , mules , neat cattle , sheep , goats and swine to live and thrive upon our native pastures with little or no extra food , and small care from the herdsman . TREES SHRUBS AND VINES OF MISSOURI . ( From the unpublished notes of ...
... horses , mules , neat cattle , sheep , goats and swine to live and thrive upon our native pastures with little or no extra food , and small care from the herdsman . TREES SHRUBS AND VINES OF MISSOURI . ( From the unpublished notes of ...
Page 101
... horses are very fond of this water . At Bonvit's or Trabue's lick ( or as now more often called Mul- drow's ) , there was formerly much salt made , and the owners were very well remunerated . In 1827 Mr. Trabue sold it at one dollar per ...
... horses are very fond of this water . At Bonvit's or Trabue's lick ( or as now more often called Mul- drow's ) , there was formerly much salt made , and the owners were very well remunerated . In 1827 Mr. Trabue sold it at one dollar per ...
Page 113
... horse power is equal to five men , and therefore every engine of two hundred horse power gives a force in the community equal to one thousand adult persons , without requiring the provisions necessary for their existence and comfort ...
... horse power is equal to five men , and therefore every engine of two hundred horse power gives a force in the community equal to one thousand adult persons , without requiring the provisions necessary for their existence and comfort ...
Page 135
... horses , mules and men employed find some other employ- ment . " The grain elevator , bulkhead boat and grain wagon have done away with grain sacks to a large extent . One girl will now accom- plish with the use of a sewing or knitting ...
... horses , mules and men employed find some other employ- ment . " The grain elevator , bulkhead boat and grain wagon have done away with grain sacks to a large extent . One girl will now accom- plish with the use of a sewing or knitting ...
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Page 17 - A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 454 - Fruits that shall swell in sunny June, And redden in the August noon, And drop, when gentle airs come by, That fan the blue September sky, While children come, with cries of glee, And seek them where the fragrant grass Betrays their bed to those who pass, At the foot of the apple tree.
Page 214 - On motion, the board then proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year, which resulted as follows: Henry T.
Page 16 - Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.
Page 454 - Winds, and our flag of stripe and star Shall bear to coasts that lie afar, Where men shall wonder at the view, And ask in what fair groves they grew...
Page 454 - What plant we in this apple-tree? Sweets for a hundred flowery springs To load the May-wind's restless wings, When, from the orchard row, he pours Its fragrance through our open doors; • A world of blossoms for the bee, Flowers for the sick girl's silent room, For the glad infant sprigs of bloom, We plant with the apple-tree.
Page 434 - By bud of nobler race: this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Page 16 - They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall; they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief.
Page 429 - Good bread and good drink, a good fire in the hall, Brawn, pudding, and souse, and good mustard withal. Beef, mutton, and pork, shred pies of the best, Pig, veal, goose, and capon, and turkey well drest, Cheese, apples, and nuts, jolly Carols to hear, As then in the country, is counted good cheer.
Page 16 - Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand ; a day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations.