Annual Report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, Volume 24, Part 1869Reports for 1862-66 include reports of the Ohio Pomological Society. |
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Page 25 - The wind bloweth where it listeth. Thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth.
Page 290 - an act donating public lands to the several States and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agricultural and mechanic arts," and said college to be located and controlled as hereinafter provided. The leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agricultural and mechanic arts.
Page 286 - It shall be the duty of each county or district society, to publish annually a list of the awards, and an abstract of the treasurer's account, in a newspaper of the district...
Page 191 - When the axis of the roadway is laid out on the side slope of a hill, and the road-surface is formed partly by excavating and partly by embanking out, the usual and most simple method is to extend out the embankment gradually along the whole line of excavation. This method is insecure, and no pains therefore should be spared to give the embankment a good footing on the natural surface upon . which it rests, particularly at the foot of the slope. For this purpose the natural surface...
Page 156 - All the irregularities of the upper part of the said pavement are to be broken off by the hammer, and all the interstices to be filled with stone chips, firmly wedged or packed by hand with a light hammer, so that when the whole pavement is finished, there shall be a convexity of four inches in the breadth of fifteen feet from the centre.
Page 285 - ... to apprehend any and all persons in the act of committing any offense against the laws of the state, or the ordinances of the city...
Page 156 - Upon the level bed prepared for the road materials, a bottom course, or layer of stones, is to be set by hand, in form of a close firm pavement ; the stones set in the middle of the road are to be 7 inches in depth ; at 9 feet from the centre, 5 inches ; at 12 feet from the centre, 4 inches ; and at 15 feet, 3 inches.
Page 284 - Agriculture, for the purpose of deliberation and consultation as to the wants, prospects, and condition of the agricultural interests throughout the State...
Page 152 - I should not care whether the substratum was soft or hard; I should rather prefer a soft one to a hard one.' 'You don't mean you would prefer a bog? — If it was not such a bog as would not allow a man to walk over it, I should prefer it.
Page 188 - ... the lines of the cross profiles. Besides the numbers marked on the stakes, to indicate their position on the map, other numbers, showing the depth of the excavations, or the height of the embankments from the surface of the ground, accompanied by the letters Cut. Fill, to indicate a cutting, or a.