The Missouri Yearbook of Agriculture: Annual Report, Volumes 9-13 |
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... sheep . Many engaged in raising sheep elsewhere have been induced by the cheap grazing lands and favorable climate of our State , to visit it with the expectation of buying homes and locating among us , but , after learning how much ...
... sheep . Many engaged in raising sheep elsewhere have been induced by the cheap grazing lands and favorable climate of our State , to visit it with the expectation of buying homes and locating among us , but , after learning how much ...
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... sheep are about all that is shipped . The crop of 1874 is nothing compared with that of other years , and would not do to aver- age by . The average yield of corn is about 40 bushels per acre ; wheat , 20 bushels , and oats , 40 bushels ...
... sheep are about all that is shipped . The crop of 1874 is nothing compared with that of other years , and would not do to aver- age by . The average yield of corn is about 40 bushels per acre ; wheat , 20 bushels , and oats , 40 bushels ...
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... sheep and hogs , have been introduced quite extensively . Sheep - raising is profitable , but a great loss is annually sustained from dogs . A large number of farmers would like to have a good stock law , but perhaps a majority of the ...
... sheep and hogs , have been introduced quite extensively . Sheep - raising is profitable , but a great loss is annually sustained from dogs . A large number of farmers would like to have a good stock law , but perhaps a majority of the ...
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... sheep husbandry , which would otherwise be profitable . The stock law finds , as yet , little encouragement . Rail fences are mostly used . Hedges have not been tried yet ; at least , not to any extent . Butler county is well adapted to ...
... sheep husbandry , which would otherwise be profitable . The stock law finds , as yet , little encouragement . Rail fences are mostly used . Hedges have not been tried yet ; at least , not to any extent . Butler county is well adapted to ...
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... sheep , hogs , mules and horses are reared annually for market . Sheep husbandry would be still more profitable if the curs could be killed . The county has no stock law , and only few farmers wish for one . There being plenty of timber ...
... sheep , hogs , mules and horses are reared annually for market . Sheep husbandry would be still more profitable if the curs could be killed . The county has no stock law , and only few farmers wish for one . There being plenty of timber ...
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Page 309 - The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.
Page 6 - Company," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity within the United States, and may make and have a common seal.
Page 110 - ... first in peace, first in war, and first in the hearts of his countrymen...
Page 172 - It has been said that he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before, is a public benefactor.
Page 80 - ... whosoever commands the sea commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.
Page 12 - ... upon the party arrested, prohibited in terms by the Constitution, and to restore him to the liberty of which he has been deprived. " Resolved, That the President, Vice-Presidents, and Secretary of this meeting be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to his Excellency the President of the United States, with the assurance of this meeting of their hearty and earnest desire to support the Government in every constitutional and lawful measure to suppress the existing rebellion.
Page 6 - ... to have and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure; to...
Page 87 - ... 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 several pursuits and professions in life.
Page 17 - These By-laws may be altered or amended at any annual meeting of the members...
Page 107 - Thou shalt not eat of it : cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field ; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.