... Annual Report of the State Board of Agriculture, Made to the General Assembly at Its ... Session, ..., Volume 9E.L. Freeman & Sons, State Printers, 1894 - Agriculture |
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... met with success in both enterprises . His political career began in 1861 , when he was elected a member of the town council of Smithfield , and served continuously until the division of the town in 1871 , 2 ARLON MOWRY. ...
... met with success in both enterprises . His political career began in 1861 , when he was elected a member of the town council of Smithfield , and served continuously until the division of the town in 1871 , 2 ARLON MOWRY. ...
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... successful , will prove a desirable feature to all concerned . COMMERCIAL VALUATION . The commercial valuation of fertilizers for 1893 is nothing more nor less than the average price at which the same amount of potash , phos- phoric ...
... successful , will prove a desirable feature to all concerned . COMMERCIAL VALUATION . The commercial valuation of fertilizers for 1893 is nothing more nor less than the average price at which the same amount of potash , phos- phoric ...
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... success in agriculture as also executive ability . The most important step to secure the best results , he thought , is education . While a collegiate course is not necessary , the knowledge of the elementary branches , together with a ...
... success in agriculture as also executive ability . The most important step to secure the best results , he thought , is education . While a collegiate course is not necessary , the knowledge of the elementary branches , together with a ...
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... successful market poultry raisers and in studying the poultry markets of the leading cities . Various breeds of fowls , ducks and geese were secured that season . In 1892 the capon experiments were continued , and in the fall the ...
... successful market poultry raisers and in studying the poultry markets of the leading cities . Various breeds of fowls , ducks and geese were secured that season . In 1892 the capon experiments were continued , and in the fall the ...
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... success- ful R. I. turkey raisers , a large number of wild - cross turkeys from half - wild gobblers which were procured from the West . These parties were successful in raising fine flocks , and last fall the poultry division had ...
... success- ful R. I. turkey raisers , a large number of wild - cross turkeys from half - wild gobblers which were procured from the West . These parties were successful in raising fine flocks , and last fall the poultry division had ...
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Page 139 - ... or material sampled, the name of the party from whose stock the sample was drawn, and the time and place of...
Page 144 - The inspectors of the bureau of animal industry of the United States shall have the right of inspection, quarantine, and condemnation of animals affected with any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, or suspected...
Page 139 - ... 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 137 - SECTION 1. Every lot or parcel of commercial fertilizer or fertilizer material sold or offered or exposed for sale within this Commonwealth shall be accompanied by a plainly printed statement, clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds of fertilizer in the package, the name, brand or trade-mark under which the fertilizer is sold, the name and address of the manufacturer or importer, the...
Page 143 - An act for the establishment of a bureau of animal industry, to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle, and to provide means for the suppression and extirpation of pleuropneumonia and other contagious diseases among domestic animals," and to co-operate with the authorities of the United States in the provisions of said act.
Page 138 - ... provided, that whenever the manufacturer or importer shall have paid the fee herein required for any person acting as agent or seller for such manufacturer or importer, such agent or seller shall not be required to pay the fee named in this...
Page 138 - Before any manufacturer, company or person shall sell, offer or expose for sale in this state any concentrated commercial feeding...
Page 140 - Thursday folvacandes. lowing the election of their successors. Any vacancies that may occur in the Board by death, resignation or otherwise may be filled by themselves. They shall not receive pay for their services, except when acting as members of committees, or as hereinafter provided. Duties and SEC.
Page 137 - ... at his request a sealed glass jar or bottle, containing not less than one pound of the fertilizer, accompanied by an affidavit that it is a fair average sample thereof.
Page 165 - ... experimenters and for a time a keen polemic warfare raged, but slowly the stern logic of constantly accumulating and unanswerable facts compelled all candid observers to accept the doctrine of contagion. THE GERM. BACILLUS TUBERCULOSIS. An even fuller demonstration came in 1882, when Robert Koch, of Berlin, demonstrated the existence of the tubercle bacillus, and showed that the disease could be produced with equal certainty by inoculating with the substance of a tubercle from the ox's lung,...