Transactions of the Illinois State Agricultural Society, with Reports from County and District Agricultural Societies, Volume 4Illinois State Agricultural Society, 1861 - Agriculture |
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... feet , 4 feet high , boards horizontal ; one hundred of these pens to be covered . One poultry house , 40 by 15 feet , with coops on both sides . The fence making one end of all these fixtures , except the poultry house . Also , one ...
... feet , 4 feet high , boards horizontal ; one hundred of these pens to be covered . One poultry house , 40 by 15 feet , with coops on both sides . The fence making one end of all these fixtures , except the poultry house . Also , one ...
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... feet . It was found that some of the strips were off and the drum had slipped on them . The plows were taken off and ad- justed in line - started again ; had proceeded but a few feet when the machine again slid sideways as before , but ...
... feet . It was found that some of the strips were off and the drum had slipped on them . The plows were taken off and ad- justed in line - started again ; had proceeded but a few feet when the machine again slid sideways as before , but ...
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... feet , and if standing on its feet , stands with an arched back and stiffened appearance ; when urged to move , it will do so for a short distance only , and walks with a staggering ( or un- steady ) gait ; seems to be more or less ...
... feet , and if standing on its feet , stands with an arched back and stiffened appearance ; when urged to move , it will do so for a short distance only , and walks with a staggering ( or un- steady ) gait ; seems to be more or less ...
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... feet in diameter . After these trees commenced bearing , he planted chestnuts from them , of his own growing , and from this second generation he has now trees that bear ten bushels each ! We were also very much pleased with our visit ...
... feet in diameter . After these trees commenced bearing , he planted chestnuts from them , of his own growing , and from this second generation he has now trees that bear ten bushels each ! We were also very much pleased with our visit ...
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... feet and eight inches , with a small plow , and cross - marked with a corn marker twenty - one inches apart . The tubers used for seed were in size from small to medium , were cut into pieces of two or three eyes each , and one piece ...
... feet and eight inches , with a small plow , and cross - marked with a corn marker twenty - one inches apart . The tubers used for seed were in size from small to medium , were cut into pieces of two or three eyes each , and one piece ...
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Page 283 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies...
Page 359 - There is no exception to the rule that every organic being naturally increases at so high a rate that, if not destroyed, the earth would soon be covered by the progeny of a single pair.
Page 697 - Casey, and all such other persons as may become associated with them, are hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name and style of the Illinois Agricultural College, for the purpose of instruction and science in practical and scientific agriculture, and in the mechanical arts.
Page 359 - Every being, which during its natural lifetime produces several eggs or seeds, must suffer destruction during some period of its life, and during some season or occasional year, otherwise, on the principle of geometrical increase, its numbers -would quickly become so inordinately great that no country could support the product.
Page 359 - In looking at Nature, it is most necessary to keep the foregoing considerations always in mind never to forget that every single organic being around us may be said to be striving to the utmost to increase in numbers; that each lives by a struggle at some period of its life; that heavy destruction inevitably falls either on the young or old, during each generation or at recurrent intervals. Lighten any check, mitigate the destruction ever so little, and the number of the species will almost instantaneously...
Page 616 - ... and cities. I mean, also, to include such a cultivation of the intellect as shall enable it to discover those permanent and mighty laws which' pervade all parts of the created universe, whether material or spiritual. This is necessary, because, if we act in obedience to these laws, all the resistless forces of Nature become our auxiliaries and cheer us on to certain prosperity and triumph; but, if we act in contravention or defiance of these laws, then Nature resists, thwarts, baffles us ; and,...
Page 387 - But who can paint Like Nature? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows...
Page 543 - SOCIETY," and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, and shall have power to contract and be contracted with, to sue and be sued...
Page 697 - ... treasurer. Said board of directors shall proceed to organize said corporation, by the adoption of suitable by-laws, by purchasing a farm, on which shall be erected suitable buildings for carrying into effect the objects of said corporation. 5. The stock, property and concerns of said corporation...
Page 540 - It shall be the duty of the Librarian to arrange the books in the Library ; to cause them to be repaired when necessary ; to keep a catalogue of all books presented, or purchased with monies appropriated by the donors for the use of the Library. At each Commencement, the Librarian shall return to the Corporation a list of the books which have been purchased...