Fur News and Outdoor World, Volumes 23-24

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A. R. Harding Publishing Company, 1916

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Página 28 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Página 48 - The great thing and the essential thing to learn and do is to take the advantage of the currents, whirls, and eddies, so as to sway your boat, and pass from this to that side of the rapids easily. The agreement was, that John should precede me in his boat; that I, watching his motions, and guided by his course somewhat, might be assisted in the descent by his experience. A good arrangement, surely; but
Página 28 - That the owner is: (If owned by a corporation, its name and address must be stated and also immediately thereunder the names and addresses of stockholders owning or holding one per cent or more of total amount of stock. If not owned by a corporation, the names and addresses of the individual owners must be given. If owned by a firm, company, or other unincorporated concern, its name and address, as well as those of each individual member, must be given.) The Art Digest.
Página 20 - Spec., accumulated and accepted knowledge which has been systematized and formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation of general laws; knowledge classified and made available in work, life, or the search for truth ; comprehensive, profound, or philosophical knowledge.
Página 34 - May-apple (Podophyllum pcltatum), upper portion of plant with flower, and rootstock. fleshy within ; at intervals of a few inches are thickened joints, on the upper surface of which are round stem scars and on the lower side a tuft of rather stout roots. Sometimes the rootstock bears lateral branches. The dried rootstock, as it occurs in the stores, is in irregular, somewhat cylindrical pieces, smooth or somewhat wrinkled, yellowish brown or dark brown externally, whitish to pale brown internally,...
Página 28 - NY; managinc editor, none; business manager, none. 2. That the owners are: (Give names and addresses of Individual owners, or. If a corporation, give its...
Página 46 - Scantlings 2 by 4 inches in size are nailed on top of the posts, running the long way of the shed. The shade is usually made in sections 4 by 8 feet long, using common 4-foot laths or slats nailed on strips 2 by 2 inches and 8 feet long. The laths should be spaced from one-fourth to one-half inch apart, according to locality, whether in the North or in the South.
Página 39 - ... absorbers of plant food and water and always appropriate a considerable share of the fertilizers applied. CONCLUSIONS. As a native drug plant of admitted commercial value and one which is rapidly becoming scarce in its natural locations through clearly recognized economic causes that are not likely to cease. goldenseal appears to be well worth cultivating whenever market prices indicate reasonable returns. Regarded as a minor money crop, goldenseal is well adapted for small growers who can meet...
Página 46 - Ginseng (Panax quinquefolium) is a fleshy-rooted herbaceous plant native to this country and formerly of frequent occurrence in shady, welldrained situations in hardwood forests from Maine to Minnesota and southward to the mountains of Georgia and the Carolinas. It has long been valued by the Chinese for medicinal use, though rarely credited with curative properties by natives of other countries.
Página 38 - ... air and shelter from unnecessary drip are the best preventives of these troubles, although a few growers use Bordeaux mixture to ward off attacks. There is also an occasional collapse of the tops, apparently due to blight. The growing plants are subject to checks by drought, the tops dying down long before the normal close of the growing season, but without greatly affecting the underground portions. Slugs and earthworms disturb the seedlings, the slugs eating the crowns down to the rootstocks....

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