The Missouri Yearbook of Agriculture: Annual Report, Volume 2The Board, 1867 - Agriculture |
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... orchards and timber and see many of the smaller trees especially , almost bare , the leaves having been devoured by these ravaging creatures . Many a sad sight and many a downcast coun- tenance now fill the roll . May a new tide in the ...
... orchards and timber and see many of the smaller trees especially , almost bare , the leaves having been devoured by these ravaging creatures . Many a sad sight and many a downcast coun- tenance now fill the roll . May a new tide in the ...
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... orchards Not much cultivated .. latter , wet . wet . rather scarce . Hitherto little raised ; peaches Extensively cultivated .... Increasing very sure crop . Apples half crop ; peaches very Just beginning to be cul- Increasing ...
... orchards Not much cultivated .. latter , wet . wet . rather scarce . Hitherto little raised ; peaches Extensively cultivated .... Increasing very sure crop . Apples half crop ; peaches very Just beginning to be cul- Increasing ...
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... orchard , the vineyard , the garden , as distinct de- partments , or accessories . The wind , the cloud , the storm , the heavens as well as the earth , press themselves continually upon him , keeping him in intimate contact with nature ...
... orchard , the vineyard , the garden , as distinct de- partments , or accessories . The wind , the cloud , the storm , the heavens as well as the earth , press themselves continually upon him , keeping him in intimate contact with nature ...
Page 187
... orchard , or vineyard , or flower garden , or nursery excite his en- thusiasm ? They present a fair field for his distinction . Does the forge , or the mine , or mill , or the machine shop find him a sympa- thetic feeling ? There is a ...
... orchard , or vineyard , or flower garden , or nursery excite his en- thusiasm ? They present a fair field for his distinction . Does the forge , or the mine , or mill , or the machine shop find him a sympa- thetic feeling ? There is a ...
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... ORCHARDS . An orchard of fruit trees is an indispensable appendage to every farm . No family ought to live without fruit . There is no cheaper diet than fruit . There is no healthier diet than fruit . Neither is there any that is a ...
... ORCHARDS . An orchard of fruit trees is an indispensable appendage to every farm . No family ought to live without fruit . There is no cheaper diet than fruit . There is no healthier diet than fruit . Neither is there any that is a ...
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abundant adapted agricultural apple tree awarded beautiful Boone county breed bushels bushels per acre Callaway county calyx Catawba cattle cent Chester white Clark county coal committee corn crop cultivated diploma and $10 dollars early exhibited fair farm farmers favorable feet fruit grape grass ground grow growers grown hackberry Henry Michel hickory hogs honey locust hops horses horticultural Howard county hundred Illinois improved inches iron L. D. Morse labor land limestone Louis county Macon county manufactured mare Messrs miles mills Mississippi Missouri mules oats orchard Osage orange peaches pears pippin plant plow potatoes pounds prairie produce quantity railroad raised rich river season second premium sheep society soil sorghum spring streams sugar summer sweet thousand timber tion tobacco varieties vines vineyard wheat wild wine winesap winter wool
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Page 15 - 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 452 - 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 212 - On motion, the board then proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year, which resulted as follows: Henry T.
Page 14 - 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 452 - 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 452 - 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 432 - By bud of nobler race: this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Page 14 - 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 427 - 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 14 - 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.