Agriculture of Maine: Annual Report of the Secretary of the Maine Board of Agriculture, Volume 38, Part 1895 |
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... four million five hundred and sixty - four thousand six hundred and forty- one ( 4,564,641 , ) and their average value in the census of 1890 is $ 2,909 . The farm family , including hired help , averages six persons . By their own labor ...
... four million five hundred and sixty - four thousand six hundred and forty- one ( 4,564,641 , ) and their average value in the census of 1890 is $ 2,909 . The farm family , including hired help , averages six persons . By their own labor ...
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... four years course at the State College , I was naturally inter- ested in all those matters , and through him knew a good deal of the struggles and vicissitudes of the attempt in Connecticut to establish that station . You may remember ...
... four years course at the State College , I was naturally inter- ested in all those matters , and through him knew a good deal of the struggles and vicissitudes of the attempt in Connecticut to establish that station . You may remember ...
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... four dollars and some cents for testing flasks at six cents apiece . So you see we have had a great many flasks from that one dealer pass under our inspection . The larger part of the creameries have complied with the law . It is about ...
... four dollars and some cents for testing flasks at six cents apiece . So you see we have had a great many flasks from that one dealer pass under our inspection . The larger part of the creameries have complied with the law . It is about ...
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... four splendid carcasses by hashing them up and making an analysis of the entire bodies of the animals . It hurt the feelings of the butcher who slaughtered the last pair , very much , to see a couple of steers weighing about 1,400 ...
... four splendid carcasses by hashing them up and making an analysis of the entire bodies of the animals . It hurt the feelings of the butcher who slaughtered the last pair , very much , to see a couple of steers weighing about 1,400 ...
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... four cents . Mr. MCKEEN - To carry this idea a little further I want to say that the largest creamery in the world , in St. Albans , Vt . , is buying the milk of the farmers , separating the cream and manufacturing the butter , and it ...
... four cents . Mr. MCKEEN - To carry this idea a little further I want to say that the largest creamery in the world , in St. Albans , Vt . , is buying the milk of the farmers , separating the cream and manufacturing the butter , and it ...
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Page 116 - ... in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof, a plainly printed statement clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds in the...
Page 118 - ... upon thus ascertaining any violation of this act, to forthwith notify the manufacturer, importer, or dealer in writing, and give him not less than thirty days thereafter in which to comply with the requirements of this...
Page 118 - ... samples, and placed in glass vessels and carefully sealed and a label placed on each stating the name of the party from whose stock the sample was drawn and the time and place of drawing, and said label shall also be signed by the person taking the sample, and by the party or parties in interest or their representatives at the drawing and sealing of said samples; one...
Page 118 - ... but said sample shall be drawn in the presence of said party or parties in interest, or their representatives, and taken from a parcel or a number of packages which shall not be less than ten per...
Page 117 - Ten dollars each for the nitrogen and the phosphoric acid and five dollars for the potash, contained or said to be contained in the fertilizer, this fee to be assessed on any brand offered for sale, distribution or transportation in the state.
Page 117 - ... which may be in the possession of any manufacturer, importer, agent or dealer in this state; but said sample shall be drawn in the presence of...
Page 117 - ... and paid the license fee as prescribed in this section, no agent or seller of such manufacturer, importer or shipper shall be required to file such statement or pay such fee.
Page 117 - ... or any feeding stuff which contains substantially a smaller percentage of constituents than are certified to be contained, shall, on conviction in a court of competent jurisdiction, be fined not more than one hundred dollars for the first offense, and not more than two hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.
Page 116 - Every manufacturer, company or person who shall sell, offer or expose for sale or for distribution in this state any concentrated commercial...
Page 13 - In the presence of these facts, in the front of these figures demonstrating that agriculture in this Republic has during the year fed itself, supplied all citizens of the Union engaged in other vocations, and then shipped abroad a surplus of over $500,000,000 worth of its products, how can anyone dare to assert that farming is generally unremunerative and unsatisfactory to those who intelligently follow it?