The Missouri Yearbook of Agriculture: Annual Report, Volume 2The Board, 1867 - Agriculture |
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... supply of produce on hand afterward . One fact I noticed : al- though they ate the bark from saplings , and consumed our corn , tobacco , etc. , ate holes in clothes hanging out to dry , and destroyed boots and shoes when they lit on ...
... supply of produce on hand afterward . One fact I noticed : al- though they ate the bark from saplings , and consumed our corn , tobacco , etc. , ate holes in clothes hanging out to dry , and destroyed boots and shoes when they lit on ...
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... supply of produce on hand afterward , " yet that after 1857 it totally disappeared there . Indeed , since in the course of the last century or two , many swarms of this insect have probably descended into Kansas and Nebraska from ...
... supply of produce on hand afterward , " yet that after 1857 it totally disappeared there . Indeed , since in the course of the last century or two , many swarms of this insect have probably descended into Kansas and Nebraska from ...
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... supplies of manufactured goods at lower prices . It will enable them to grow a greater variety of crops . Some of the most profitable crops cannot be grown to advantage for a distant mar- ket , and a greater variety of crops tends to ...
... supplies of manufactured goods at lower prices . It will enable them to grow a greater variety of crops . Some of the most profitable crops cannot be grown to advantage for a distant mar- ket , and a greater variety of crops tends to ...
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... supply of the various varieties of fruit in their season for family use , has been greatly overlooked in nearly all localities . Our fruits contain a large proportion of sugar , mucilage , etc. , in such desirable combination with ...
... supply of the various varieties of fruit in their season for family use , has been greatly overlooked in nearly all localities . Our fruits contain a large proportion of sugar , mucilage , etc. , in such desirable combination with ...
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... supply vines another year . The vine , which twines from right to left , is somewhat angled and rough . The leaves are opposite , but sometimes alternate on the upper branches , and on long and often twining foot - stalks . The larger ...
... supply vines another year . The vine , which twines from right to left , is somewhat angled and rough . The leaves are opposite , but sometimes alternate on the upper branches , and on long and often twining foot - stalks . The larger ...
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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.