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... containing a review of the past ten years of the Board , by Mr. Brackett , one of the Members at Large , and who has occupied a seat during this period , from which the following extracts are made : " The system of meetings of the Board ...
... containing a review of the past ten years of the Board , by Mr. Brackett , one of the Members at Large , and who has occupied a seat during this period , from which the following extracts are made : " The system of meetings of the Board ...
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... is a striking difference in the per centage of water in different grasses . Meadow foxtail , when green , containing 80 per cent . , and herds - grass only 57 per cent . As nearly as can be estimated , the area in GRASSES OF MAINE . 19.
... is a striking difference in the per centage of water in different grasses . Meadow foxtail , when green , containing 80 per cent . , and herds - grass only 57 per cent . As nearly as can be estimated , the area in GRASSES OF MAINE . 19.
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... contain the roots and seeds of a great variety of desirable and undesirable plants , which respectively flourish or dwindle out of sight , as the conditions for their development are favorable or otherwise . On arable land , when any ...
... contain the roots and seeds of a great variety of desirable and undesirable plants , which respectively flourish or dwindle out of sight , as the conditions for their development are favorable or otherwise . On arable land , when any ...
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... contain the plant food three times in excess , at the least , of what the crop removed . Through the application of slightly more than one - fourth the amount of this plant food in the form of chem- cals , we have raised equivalent ...
... contain the plant food three times in excess , at the least , of what the crop removed . Through the application of slightly more than one - fourth the amount of this plant food in the form of chem- cals , we have raised equivalent ...
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... under your walls in the fields and cart to the stables and compost with gypsum , and use lime if your com- post contain many tough sods , always taking good care 48 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE . Methods of Renovating our Farms, by Horace Bodwell.
... under your walls in the fields and cart to the stables and compost with gypsum , and use lime if your com- post contain many tough sods , always taking good care 48 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE . Methods of Renovating our Farms, by Horace Bodwell.
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Page 248 - ... provided, that no donation, grant or endowment shall at any time be made by the legislature to any literary institution now established, or which may hereafter be established, unless, at the time of making such endowment, the legislature of the state shall have the right to grant any further powers to, alter, limit or restrain any of the powers vested in, any such literary institution, as shall be judged necessary to promote the best interests thereof.
Page 247 - ... impress on the minds of the children and youth committed to their care and instruction the principles of morality, and justice and a sacred regard for truth; love of country; humanity and a universal benevolence; sobriety, industry and frugality; chastity, moderation and temperance; and all other virtues which ornament human society...
Page 241 - ... be punished by fine not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year in the house of correction in said county of Middlesex.
Page 251 - ... successfully cultivates the same for three years, the trees being not less in numbers than two thousand on each acre and well distributed over the same, then, on application of the owner or occupant thereof to the assessors of the town in which such land is situated, the same shall be exempt from taxation for twenty years after...
Page 205 - Said selectmen and mayor and aldermen may make regulations in writing to regulate or prohibit the passage from, to, or through their respective cities or towns, or from place to place within the same, of any...
Page 239 - ... one dollar fine for riding or driving on this bridge faster than a walk.
Page 220 - ... shall record and preserve as evidence; and a certificate of such result, sworn to by the analyzer, shall be admissible in evidence in all prosecutions under this act.
Page 251 - Each fence viewer shall be paid by the person employing him at the rate of two dollars a day for the time he shall be so employed; and if such person shall neglect to pay the same within thirty days after the service shall have been performed, each fence viewer having performed any such service may recover in an action of assumpsit double the amount of such fees.
Page 243 - Virgin, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of the Trustees of the State College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts, having succession as hereinafter provided, with power to establish and maintain, subject to the provisions and limitations of this act, such a college as is authorized and provided for, by the act of...
Page 245 - ... that a sum not exceeding ten per centum upon the amount received by any State under the provisions of this act may be expended for the purchase of lands for sites or experimental farms, whenever authorized by the respective legislatures of said States.