Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Volume 38, Part 1890W. White, 1891 - Agriculture |
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Page vii
... beginning of the weather records at Amherst in 1836 . " The mean temperature for each of the months mentioned was considerably above the average . No ice was cut until February , when it was from six to eight inches in thickness . The ...
... beginning of the weather records at Amherst in 1836 . " The mean temperature for each of the months mentioned was considerably above the average . No ice was cut until February , when it was from six to eight inches in thickness . The ...
Page 14
... beginning of advance- ment in agriculture . Liebig's work and Davy's work in agricultural chemistry , the beginnings of our knowledge of chemistry as applied to agriculture in England and in Ger- many , belong to that period ...
... beginning of advance- ment in agriculture . Liebig's work and Davy's work in agricultural chemistry , the beginnings of our knowledge of chemistry as applied to agriculture in England and in Ger- many , belong to that period ...
Page 15
... beginning of the use of what are now called commercial fertilizers , we find that bones were first used in the last part of the last century , and then came the use of substitutes for bones , including the " South Carolina rock ...
... beginning of the use of what are now called commercial fertilizers , we find that bones were first used in the last part of the last century , and then came the use of substitutes for bones , including the " South Carolina rock ...
Page 18
... beginning of scientific agricultural experiments , and that is , the source of nitrogen as food for plants . Every pound of nitrogen that is purchased in any form of fertilizer costs about 17 cents . It is an element that exists in the ...
... beginning of scientific agricultural experiments , and that is , the source of nitrogen as food for plants . Every pound of nitrogen that is purchased in any form of fertilizer costs about 17 cents . It is an element that exists in the ...
Page 30
... beginning ; they cannot all get them at once , they have got to be obtained by careful breeding and by selection . There is an argument in favor of farmers raising their own cows . I understand that the milkmen of Massachusetts are not ...
... beginning ; they cannot all get them at once , they have got to be obtained by careful breeding and by selection . There is an argument in favor of farmers raising their own cows . I understand that the milkmen of Massachusetts are not ...
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