The Biennial Report of the Kansas State Horticultural Society, Volume 25; Volume 29The Society, 1908 |
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Page 104 - FORENOON and afternoon and night, — Forenoon, And afternoon, and night, — Forenoon, and — what ! The empty song repeats itself. No more ? Yea, that is Life : make this forenoon sublime, This afternoon a psalm, this night a prayer, And Time is conquered, and thy crown is won.
Page 103 - Worldkin. Produce ! Produce ! Were it but the pitifullest infinitesimal fraction of a Product, produce it, in God's name ! 'Tis the utmost thou hast in thee : out with it, then. Up, up ! Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy whole might. Work while it is called Today ; for the Night cometh, wherein no man can work.
Page 103 - The every-day cares and duties, which men call drudgery, are the weights and counterpoises of the clock of time, giving its pendulum a true vibration, and its hands a regular motion ; and when they cease to hang upon the wheels, the pendulum no longer swings, the hands no longer move, the clock stands still.
Page 100 - To live as only in the angels' sight, In sleep's sweet realm so cosily shut in, Where, . at the worst, we only dream of sin ! So, let us sleep, and give the Maker praise. I like the lad who, when his father thought To clip his morning nap by hackneyed phrase Of vagrant worm by early songster caught, Cried, "Served him right! — it's not at all surprising ; The worm was punished, sir, for early rising!
Page 258 - But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Page 72 - ... shall be fined not less than ten dollars and not more than one hundred dollars for each and every offense, together with all the costs of prosecution, and shall stand committed until the same is paid.
Page 215 - The most striking point in the study of the food of the blue jay is the discrepancy between the testimony of field observers concerning the bird's nest-robbing proclivities and the results of stomach examinations. The accusations of eating eggs and young birds are certainly not sustained, and it is futile to attempt to reconcile the conflicting statements on this point, which must be left until more accurate observations have been made.
Page 9 - ... unless renewed. ART. 4. The legislative body of this Society shall consist of life members, two delegates from each auxiliary society, and annual members of one year's standing. ART. 5. Its officers shall be a president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, elected by ballot at the annual meetings in even years. They shall serve for the term of two years, or until their successors are elected and qualified.
Page 235 - ... used by any one kind of fruit trees were approximately the same in most cases while the amount of phosphoric acid was only about one-fourth the nitrogen or potash. In most commercial fertilizers used on fruit trees the phosphoric acid is present in proportions about four times the nitrogen. This is on the assumption that the soil contains more nitrogen relatively than phosphoric acid, which may or may not be true in individual cases. The question may be raised as to whether quantities of phosphoric...