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... cents per pound for the season's crop . On the bald hills of Wasco County grow as fine European table grapes and other of our fruits as can be grown anywhere . In the hot cañons of Snake River , on the rich alluvial bottom - land , is ...
... cents per pound for the season's crop . On the bald hills of Wasco County grow as fine European table grapes and other of our fruits as can be grown anywhere . In the hot cañons of Snake River , on the rich alluvial bottom - land , is ...
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... cents per acre , and expects to reduce this the next season . The great advance in cheapening and simplifying the preparation of effective insecticides - cheapen- ing and simplifying the appliances for using them - and their gen- eral ...
... cents per acre , and expects to reduce this the next season . The great advance in cheapening and simplifying the preparation of effective insecticides - cheapen- ing and simplifying the appliances for using them - and their gen- eral ...
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... cent of Italian Prune trees dying . This is something unusual , as that variety heretofore has proven the hardiest of any . The leaves lost their bright dark- green color and began to curl during the hot , dry weather in June , and late ...
... cent of Italian Prune trees dying . This is something unusual , as that variety heretofore has proven the hardiest of any . The leaves lost their bright dark- green color and began to curl during the hot , dry weather in June , and late ...
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... of labor . The Doctor esti- mates that he can gather and evaporate his crop at a cost not to ex- ceed one cent per pound . At a conservative estimate he will have next year , 38 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE .
... of labor . The Doctor esti- mates that he can gather and evaporate his crop at a cost not to ex- ceed one cent per pound . At a conservative estimate he will have next year , 38 REPORT OF STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE .
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... cent of them run thirty to the pound . These prunes were dried to perfection , and were the finest I ever saw . Mr. Gilbert handles a great many California prunes , and is free to say that he has never seen any that will com- pare with ...
... cent of them run thirty to the pound . These prunes were dried to perfection , and were the finest I ever saw . Mr. Gilbert handles a great many California prunes , and is free to say that he has never seen any that will com- pare with ...
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Page 233 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Page 12 - State shall draw his warrant upon the State Treasurer in favor of the Treasurer of said Board for said sums or any part thereof when they have become available, upou proper demand being made for the same.
Page 11 - ... they shall notify the owner or owners, or person or persons in charge or in possession of the said places, or orchards, or nurseries, or trees, or plants, vegetables, vines, or...
Page 11 - Commissioners for that purpose, or they may be served in the same manner as a summons in a civil action.
Page 18 - Assembly a statement of its doings, with a copy of the Treasurer's accounts for the two years preceding the session thereof, and abstracts of the reports of the Inspector of Fruit Pests and of the Secretary.
Page 113 - Nine members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may meet, call to order, and adjourn from time to time.
Page 18 - Board, and to preserve records of its proceedings and correspondence; to collect books, pamphlets, periodicals, and other documents containing valuable information relating to horticulture, and to preserve the same; to collect statistics and other information showing the actual condition and progress of horticulture in this State and elsewhere; to correspond with...
Page 19 - April first, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and the State controller will draw his warrants upon the State treasurer in favor of the treasurer of said board for the said sums, or any part thereof, when they become available, upon proper demand being made for the same by the said board.
Page 18 - The Treasurer shall receive all moneys belonging to the Board, and pay out the same only for bills approved by it, and shall annually render a detailed account to the Board.
Page 110 - Librarian, all of whom shall be elected by ballot at the Annual Meeting, and shall hold their respective offices for one year, and until others are duly chosen and installed.