Museum Bulletin, Issues 141-144University of the State of New York, 1910 - Science |
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Page 11 - Emmons, Ebenezer. Agriculture of New York; comprising an account of the classification, composition and distribution of the soils and rocks and the natural waters of the different geological formations, together with a condensed view of the meteorology and agricultural productions of the State.
Page 8 - So they begane to thinke how they might raise as much corne as they could, and obtaine a beter crope then they had done, that they might not still thus languish in miserie.
Page 15 - I flatter myself that the orders with which I was entrusted are fully executed, as we have not left a single settlement or field of corn in the country of the Five Nations, nor is there even the appearance of an Indian on this side of Niagara.
Page 13 - Catalogue of the Cabinet of Natural History of the State of New York and of the Historical and Antiquarian Collection annexed thereto.
Page 8 - Afterwards they (as many as were able) began to plant ther corne, in which servise Squanto stood them in great stead, showing them both ye maner how to set it, and after how to dress & tend it. Also he tould them excepte they gott fish & set with it (in these old grounds) it would come to nothing...
Page 18 - Director of Science and State Museum JOHN M. CLARKE Ph.D. LL.D. Chiefs of Divisions Administration, HARLAN H. HORNER BA Attendance, JAMES D. SULLIVAN Educational Extension, WILLIAM R. EASTMAN MAMLS Examinations, CHARLES F. WHEELOCK BS LL.D. Inspections, FRANK H. WOOD MA Law, FRANK B. GILBERT BA School Libraries, CHARLES E. FITCH LHD Statistics, HIRAM C. CASE Trades Schools, ARTHUR D.
Page 101 - They use to cover a great many of them with oke leaves and feme, and then cover all with earth in the manner of a colepit ; over it, on each side, they continue a great fire 24 houres before they dare eat it. Raw it is no better then poison, and being roasted, except it be tender and the heat abated, or sliced and dried in the sun, mixed with sorrell and meale or such like, it will prickle and torment the throat extreamely, and yet in sommer they use this ordinarily for bread.
Page 14 - Lewis C. Mineralogy of New York; comprising detailed descriptions of the minerals hitherto found in the State of Xcw York, and notices of their uses in the arts and agriculture, il.
Page 14 - The Indians shall see that there is malice enough in our Hearts to destroy every thing that contributes to their support.