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Página 56 - Give fools their gold, and knaves their power ; Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall ; Who sows a field, or trains a flower, Or plants a tree, is more than all. For he who blesses most is blest ; And God and man shall own his worth Who toils to leave as his bequest An added beauty to the earth.
Página 32 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the...
Página xiii - Any person found guilty of violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a justice of the peace shall be fined in a sum not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for each and every offense, and costs, together with attorney's fee of ten dollars, and shall be committed until paid.
Página 68 - AM, and in the absence of the President, was called to order by Vice-President Allen, who opened the meeting with appropriate remarks.
Página 86 - Heat the solution of soap and add it boiling hot to the kerosene. Churn the mixture by means of a force-pump and spray-nozzle for five or ten minutes. The emulsion, if perfect, forms a cream, which thickens on cooling, and should adhere without oiliness to the surface of glass. Dilute, before using, one part of the emulsion with nine parts of cold water. The above formula gives three gallons of emulsion, and makes, when diluted, thirty gallons of wash.
Página 79 - ... its head and first segment, magnified; i, the cocoon which it spins; d, the chrysalis to which it changes; /, the moth which escapes from the chrysalis, as it appears when at rest; g, the moth with wings expanded.
Página x - ... for the term of one year, or until their successors shall be chosen and...
Página 86 - I have noticed that the bugs are extremely fond of congregating upon the bright yellow flowers of the cabbage, which, as every one knows, blooms very early in the season, and it would be advisable for persons who have been seriously troubled with this bug, and who live in a sufficiently southern latitude where the plant will not winter-kill, to let a patch of cabbages run wild and go to seed in so'me remote corner of the farm, in order that the bugs may be attracted thither and more readily destroyed...
Página 79 - The chrysalis is a yellowish brown, with rows of minute teeth on its back, by the aid of which it is enabled to partly push itself out of its cocoon, when its time to issue as a moth arrives. The moth is a beautiful object; its fore-wings are marked with alternate, irregular transverse wavy streaks of ash-gray and brown, and have on the inner hind angle a large tawny spot, with streaks of a bright bronze color or gold.
Página 86 - Its flight is, however, limited, and there can be no better prophylactic treatment than clean culture, for the principal damage is occasioned by the old bugs when they leave their winter quarters and congregate on the tender buds and leaves of young fruit stock ; and the fewer weeds there are to nourish them during the summer and to protect them during the winter, the fewer bugs there will be.

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