The Patrons of Husbandry on the Pacific Coast Being a Complete History of the Origin, Condition and Progress of Agriculture in Different Parts OfBeing A Complete History Of The Origin, Condition And Progress Of Agriculture In Different Parts Of The World; Of The Origin And Growth Of The Order Of Patrons, With A General And Special Grange Directory, And Full List Of The Charter Members Of The Subordinate Granges Of California; Also Of The Foes Of The Farmers, Or Monopolies Of Land, Water, Transportation And Education; Of A Protective Tariff, Currency And Banking. |
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... bushels of Indian corn , and eight or ten hundred pounds of seed cotton to the acre ; less than half a century has reduced their productiveness , in the older states , to twelve bushels of corn , and three or four hundred pounds of ...
... bushels of Indian corn , and eight or ten hundred pounds of seed cotton to the acre ; less than half a century has reduced their productiveness , in the older states , to twelve bushels of corn , and three or four hundred pounds of ...
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... bushels to the acre . " The average pro- duct was then eight bushels ! It is seven at the present time ! FIRST AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS . 51 As early as 1816 , 50 AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES .
... bushels to the acre . " The average pro- duct was then eight bushels ! It is seven at the present time ! FIRST AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS . 51 As early as 1816 , 50 AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES .
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... bushels of guano , received directly from the Pacific , and accompanied it with translations from Humboldt and Ulloa concerning its nature and uses . Nor was the sunny - land wanting in model plantations , homes and farms , adorned with ...
... bushels of guano , received directly from the Pacific , and accompanied it with translations from Humboldt and Ulloa concerning its nature and uses . Nor was the sunny - land wanting in model plantations , homes and farms , adorned with ...
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... bushels of wheat in 1869 , or a bushel and a peck to each inhabitant ; taking the army ration of twenty - two ounces ... bushels per annum . Maine makes the next best showing in the cultivation of wheat , producing in 1869 , 278,000 ...
... bushels of wheat in 1869 , or a bushel and a peck to each inhabitant ; taking the army ration of twenty - two ounces ... bushels per annum . Maine makes the next best showing in the cultivation of wheat , producing in 1869 , 278,000 ...
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... bushels . Massachusetts , though having a larger area than Connecticut , raised only 34,000 bushels , which , ground to powder , was suf- ficient to give the inhabitants of the State bread enough for breakfast and dinner , but not ...
... bushels . Massachusetts , though having a larger area than Connecticut , raised only 34,000 bushels , which , ground to powder , was suf- ficient to give the inhabitants of the State bread enough for breakfast and dinner , but not ...
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Page 304 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 193 - 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 446 - United States ! the ages plead, — Present and Past in under-song,— Go put your creed into your deed, Nor speak with double tongue. For sea and land don't understand Nor skies without a frown See rights for which the one hand fights By the other cloven down.
Page 445 - Which dip their foot in the seas And soar to the air-borne flocks Of clouds and the boreal fleece. I will divide my goods; Call in the wretch and slave : None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have. I will have never a noble, No lineage counted great ; Fishers and choppers and plowmen Shall constitute a state.
Page 446 - But, laying hands on another, To coin his labor and sweat, He goes in pawn to his victim For eternal years in debt. To-day unbind the captive, So only are ye unbound; Lift up a people from the dust. Trump of their rescue, sound ! Pay ransom to the owner And fill the bag to the brim.
Page 445 - I show Columbia, of the rocks Which dip their foot in the seas And soar to the air-borne flocks Of clouds and the boreal fleece. I will divide my goods; Call in the wretch and slave: None shall rule but the humble, And none but Toil shall have.
Page 110 - the fault lies in bitterness of controversy." We desire a proper equality, equity, and fairness; protection for the weak, restraint upon the strong; in short, justly distributed burdens and justly distributed power. These are...
Page 447 - Then he fixed his eyes on the shining track, But his gown was heavy and held him back, And the' poor old father tried in vain, A single step in the flood to gain. I saw him again on the other side...
Page 449 - But at last together they entered in. And now, when the river was rolling on, A Presbyterian Church went down ; Of women there seemed an innumerable throng. But the men I could count as they passed along. And concerning the road they could never agree The old or the new way, which it could be. Nor ever a moment paused to think That both would lead to the river's brink.
Page 445 - The word of the Lord by night To the watching Pilgrims came, As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with flame. God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor.