Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the Year ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 |
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Page vi
... profit than many others of 80 acres . The maxim " cultivate fewer acres , and cultivate them better , " is a safe one for farmers who can only be induced to cultivate better by a reduction of the area cultivated ; but it will be found ...
... profit than many others of 80 acres . The maxim " cultivate fewer acres , and cultivate them better , " is a safe one for farmers who can only be induced to cultivate better by a reduction of the area cultivated ; but it will be found ...
Page viii
... profits of wheat appear well in expectation , on paper , but the prospect is blasted by the appearance of insects , bad weather in harvesting , or transportation to market , or last , a fluctuation in the market itself ; " and many are ...
... profits of wheat appear well in expectation , on paper , but the prospect is blasted by the appearance of insects , bad weather in harvesting , or transportation to market , or last , a fluctuation in the market itself ; " and many are ...
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... profit of the improvement would be increased in cor- responding ratio . In this country the average yield per acre of one of the prin cipal staples , wheat , under our system of shallow cultivation , has been gradually lessened , until ...
... profit of the improvement would be increased in cor- responding ratio . In this country the average yield per acre of one of the prin cipal staples , wheat , under our system of shallow cultivation , has been gradually lessened , until ...
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... profit on a large scale . His object was to exclude from his empire the sugar of British colonies , the price of which was then four or five francs per pound . A prize of 1,000,000 francs was offered by the French government for the ...
... profit on a large scale . His object was to exclude from his empire the sugar of British colonies , the price of which was then four or five francs per pound . A prize of 1,000,000 francs was offered by the French government for the ...
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... profit from alcoholic distillation ; and that the small pro- ducers of ten , twenty , fifty to a hundred tons of beet ( a numerous class ) would be outside of these operations . To make the cultivation a success , it also needs ...
... profit from alcoholic distillation ; and that the small pro- ducers of ten , twenty , fifty to a hundred tons of beet ( a numerous class ) would be outside of these operations . To make the cultivation a success , it also needs ...
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Page vii - State, which may take and claim the benefit of this act to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the...
Page 318 - No State shall be entitled to the benefits of this act unless it shall express its acceptance thereof by its legislature within two years from the date of its approval by the President.
Page vii - That all moneys derived from the sale of the lands aforesaid by the States to which the lands are apportioned, and from the sales of land scrip hereinbefore provided for, shall be invested in stocks...
Page 318 - Act), and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this Act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one College where the. leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 200 - It is good to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before.
Page vii - ... the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished (except so far as may be provided in section fifth of this act), and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this act...
Page 327 - ... high seminary of learning, in which the graduate of the common school can commence, pursue and finish a course of study, terminating in thorough theoretic and practical instruction in those sciences and arts which bear directly upon agriculture and kindred industrial pursuits.
Page 318 - And provided, further, That not more than one million acres shall be located by such assignees in any one of the States: And provided, further, That no such location shall be made before one year from the passage of this act.
Page 327 - This college proposes, 1st. To impart a knowledge of science, and its application to the arts of life. The instruction given in the class room will be illustrated by experiments in the garden and on the farm. 2d. To afford the students the privilege of daily manual labor...
Page 257 - Great regularity of motion, increase of motive power, and control over movement of t'.ie engine backwards and forwards are secured by this arrangement; while, the guide wheels, which may be turned at pleasure by a steering wheel in charge of the engineer, almost...