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Page 257 - To develop a better and higher manhood and womanhood among ourselves. To enhance the comforts and attractions of our homes, and strengthen our attachments to our pursuits. To foster mutual understanding and co-operation. To maintain inviolate our laws, and to emulate each other in labor, to hasten the good time coming.
Page 161 - England was indicated by the fact that the instructions to this commission were simply "to inquire and report what is the effect, if any, of food derived from tuberculous animals on human health; and, if prejudicial, what are the circumstances and conditions with regard to the tuberculosis in the animal - which produce that effect upon man.
Page 88 - ... one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding three months, or both, in the discretion of the court; and any justice of the peace of the township where such fruit is sold, shipped, or disposed of, as aforesaid, shall have jurisdiction thereof.
Page 87 - If any owner neglects to remove and destroy, or cause to be removed and destroyed, as aforesaid, such diseased trees or fruit after such examination and notification, and within the time hereinbefore specified...
Page 87 - Sundays excepted, from the date of the service of the notice ; and in case of fruit so infected, such notice shall require the person in whose possession or control it is found, to immediately destroy the same or cause it to be done ; such notice and order to be signed by the full board of commissioners.
Page 86 - ... it shall be the duty of every person, as soon as he becomes aware of the existence of such disease in any tree or fruit owned by him, to forthwith destroy or cause the same to be destroyed.
Page 421 - Then shame on all the proud and vain, Whose folly laughs to scorn The blessing of our hardy grain, Our wealth of golden corn ! Let earth withhold her goodly root, Let mildew blight the rye, Give to the worm the orchard's fruit, The wheat-field to the fly : But let the good old crop adorn The hills our fathers trod ; Still let us, for his golden corn, Send up our thanks to God ! 1847.
Page 438 - With every crop a portion of these ingredients is removed. A part of this portion is again added from the inexhaustible store of the atmosphere ; another part, however, is lost forever if not replaced by man. 3. "The fertility of the soil remains unchanged if all the ingredients of a crop are given back to the land. Such a restitution is effected by manure.
Page 87 - ... a non-resident by leaving the notice with the person in charge of the trees or fruit, or in whose possession they may be.
Page 86 - An act to prevent the spread of yellows, a contagious disease among peach, almond, apricot, and nectarine trees, and to provide measures for the eradication of the same...