The Valley Farmer, Volúmenes4-7Pickering, Penn & Company, 1852 |
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Página 279 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Página 195 - Representatives be requested, to use their best exertions to procure the passage of a law of Congress donating to each state in the Union an amount of public lands not less in value than five hundred thousand dollars, for the liberal endowment of a system of Industrial Universities, one in each state in the Union, to co-operate with each other, and with the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, for the more liberal and practical education of our industrial classes and their teachers...
Página 221 - It has long been known to physiologists that certain coloring matters, if administered to animals along with their food, possessed the property of entering into the system and tinging the bones. In this way the bones of swine have been tinged purple by madder, and instances are on record of other animals being similarly affected. No attempt was made to turn this discovery to account until lately, when Mons.
Página 377 - TM' N' 123. THURSDAY; MAY 8, 1755. • Dapibus suprenri Grata Testudo Jovis. Hon. IF there be truth in the common maxim, ' That he deserves best of his country, who can make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before...
Página 250 - Name aforesaid they shall and may be able to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
Página 234 - Our insect-eating birds undoubtedly devour many of these insects, and deserve to be cherished and protected for their services. Rose-bugs are also eaten greedily by domesticated fowls ; and when they become exhausted and fall to the ground, or when they are about to lay their eggs, they are destroyed by moles, insects, and other animals, which lie in wait to seize them.
Página 205 - ... all night. In the morning, pour it carefully from the dregs into a clean bottle, cork it, and keep it for use. A table-spoonful of...
Página 177 - London, and he succeeded in training these beyond all expectation. Two monkeys were the next pupils he took in hand, one of which he taught to dance and tumble on the rope, whilst the other held a candle in one paw for his companion, and with the other played the barrel organ.
Página 234 - ... in mystery, but is at last fully cleared up.* The prevalence of this insect on the rose, and its annual appearance coinciding with the blossoming of that flower, have gained for it the popular name by which it is here known. For some time after they were first noticed, rose-bugs appeared to be confined to their favorite, the blossoms of the rose ; but within...
Página 185 - A blow may be inflicted on a child, accompanied with words so uttered, as to counteract entirely its intended effect ; or, the parent may use language, in the correction of the child, not objectionable in itself, yet SPOKEN in a TONE which more than defeats its influence.