Transactions of the State Agricultural Society of Michigan: With Reports of County Agricultural Societies, for the Year 1849-59, Volume 10 |
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... pounds of flesh in the shortest time , on the least valuable of food , is considered to exhibit the most skill on the part of the breeder and feeder . CLASS XII . Milch Cows . Committee - Smith Farmer , Niles ; William Tibbits , Cold ...
... pounds of flesh in the shortest time , on the least valuable of food , is considered to exhibit the most skill on the part of the breeder and feeder . CLASS XII . Milch Cows . Committee - Smith Farmer , Niles ; William Tibbits , Cold ...
Page 97
... pounds . A leggy animal or draught is always to be considered defective , as a breeder especially . $ 8.00 ...... 600 7.00 Best stallion 2 years old , 1st prem ..... 2d best stallion 2 years old , 2d prem . , Best stallion 1 year old ...
... pounds . A leggy animal or draught is always to be considered defective , as a breeder especially . $ 8.00 ...... 600 7.00 Best stallion 2 years old , 1st prem ..... 2d best stallion 2 years old , 2d prem . , Best stallion 1 year old ...
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... pounds of butter , made in June , 1st prem , .. For the 2d best 15 pounds of butter , made in June , $ 5.00 .... 2d prem . , 3 00 ... For the 3d best 15 pounds of butter , made in June , 3d prem . , 2.00 .... For the best 25 pounds of ...
... pounds of butter , made in June , 1st prem , .. For the 2d best 15 pounds of butter , made in June , $ 5.00 .... 2d prem . , 3 00 ... For the 3d best 15 pounds of butter , made in June , 3d prem . , 2.00 .... For the best 25 pounds of ...
Page 114
... pounds of butter , made at any • time , 3d prem . , . . $ 2.00 The claimant for premiums must accompany his state ... pounds , 1st prem . , .... $ 5.00 2d best cheese , one year old and over , not less than 25 pounds , 2d prem . , 4.00 ...
... pounds of butter , made at any • time , 3d prem . , . . $ 2.00 The claimant for premiums must accompany his state ... pounds , 1st prem . , .... $ 5.00 2d best cheese , one year old and over , not less than 25 pounds , 2d prem . , 4.00 ...
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... pounds of maple sugar , ......... . 4.00 2.00 For the best specimens of honey in boxes or jars ,. 2 00 For the best beehives , and method of securing honey and taking care of bees , ... .. .Dip . and 5 00 CLASS III . Bread , Preserves ...
... pounds of maple sugar , ......... . 4.00 2.00 For the best specimens of honey in boxes or jars ,. 2 00 For the best beehives , and method of securing honey and taking care of bees , ... .. .Dip . and 5 00 CLASS III . Bread , Preserves ...
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Page 7 - ... and by that name they and their successors shall and may have succession, and shall be persons in law capable of suing and...
Page 2 - ... manure applied in raising the crop, or the kind and quantity of food in feeding the animal, as the case may be, also the kind and cost of labor employed, and the total expense and total product of the crop, or the increase in value of the animal, with a view of showing accurately the resulting profit.
Page 17 - ... mentioned in the notice, and to hear the proofs and allegations of the parties. They shall have power to issue process to compel the attendance of witnesses, and may adjourn from time to time, as may be necessary. Their decision, or that of any two of them, shall be conclusive in the premises, and every such decision, shall be reduced to writing, be signed by the...
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Page 471 - ... if we consider that it is the results obtained under the subtle agency of animal life that we are seeking to measure and express in figures, and if we also bear in mind the various sources of modification to which our actual figures must be submitted in order to attain their true indications, we think that it cannot be doubted that, beyond a limit below which few, if any, of our current fattening food-stuffs are found to go, it is...
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Page 22 - ... and an estimate of the probable expense thereof, beyond what the labor to be assessed in that year will accomplish; a duplicate of which shall be delivered by the commissioners to the supervisor of the town, who shall present such...
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