Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture of the State of Michigan, for the Year ...John A. Kerr & Company, printers to the State, 1868 - Agriculture |
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Page 160
... peaches and pears shown at the county exhibition , were very fine . In Berrien , Indian corn and potatoes were injured by drought . In Branch , wheat is said to have made so large a growth of straw that it lodged badly ; that the cold ...
... peaches and pears shown at the county exhibition , were very fine . In Berrien , Indian corn and potatoes were injured by drought . In Branch , wheat is said to have made so large a growth of straw that it lodged badly ; that the cold ...
Page 161
... peaches ; a very dry season , with no rain to benefit vegetation from June 5th to July 29th . Macomb reports the hop crop at about 800 lbs . per acre , worth twelve cents per pound ; no peach crop in the county for several years ...
... peaches ; a very dry season , with no rain to benefit vegetation from June 5th to July 29th . Macomb reports the hop crop at about 800 lbs . per acre , worth twelve cents per pound ; no peach crop in the county for several years ...
Page 162
... peach crop " very large . " Oak- land reports the apple crop as " below the average ; " the hop crop " very good ... peaches , one - tenth of an average , the deficiency attributed to the cold winter ; peppermint , good crop - sixteen ...
... peach crop " very large . " Oak- land reports the apple crop as " below the average ; " the hop crop " very good ... peaches , one - tenth of an average , the deficiency attributed to the cold winter ; peppermint , good crop - sixteen ...
Page 171
... peach - blow potatoes . I planted early for the purpose of testing the truth of Mr. Barnard's statement made to me , September , 1867 , that the ravages of the beetles were mostly confined to the yards planted earliest ; and ...
... peach - blow potatoes . I planted early for the purpose of testing the truth of Mr. Barnard's statement made to me , September , 1867 , that the ravages of the beetles were mostly confined to the yards planted earliest ; and ...
Page 179
... Peach - blow varieties adjoin , taking two rows of each variety . I found 12 beetles on the Neshannocks and 2 on the Peach- blows . August 5. Caught 43 beetles on lot 112 , and STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE . 179.
... Peach - blow varieties adjoin , taking two rows of each variety . I found 12 beetles on the Neshannocks and 2 on the Peach- blows . August 5. Caught 43 beetles on lot 112 , and STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE . 179.
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