Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Volume 38, Part 1890W. White, 1891 - Agriculture |
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... corn was fairly good , and , though backward on account of unfavorable weather , was pushing rapidly ahead . In August it was growing finely , and promised to be a full average crop . October 1 , seventy - one of the ninety ...
... corn was fairly good , and , though backward on account of unfavorable weather , was pushing rapidly ahead . In August it was growing finely , and promised to be a full average crop . October 1 , seventy - one of the ninety ...
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... corn meal daily for 100 pounds . That makes 3,300,000 pounds or 1,650 tons daily , which must be fed to the hogs of the country . Valuing that at $ 33,000 , a saving of 25 per cent amounts to $ 8,250 daily , or $ 3,000,000 annually . I ...
... corn meal daily for 100 pounds . That makes 3,300,000 pounds or 1,650 tons daily , which must be fed to the hogs of the country . Valuing that at $ 33,000 , a saving of 25 per cent amounts to $ 8,250 daily , or $ 3,000,000 annually . I ...
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... corn crop , tearing open the husks , devouring the tender part of the ear , and exposing the remainder to the ravages of the insects and the atmospheri- cal changes . It alights on fields of wheat , oats and barley , consuming a large ...
... corn crop , tearing open the husks , devouring the tender part of the ear , and exposing the remainder to the ravages of the insects and the atmospheri- cal changes . It alights on fields of wheat , oats and barley , consuming a large ...
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... corn field . It is a question among some naturalists whether the depredations which he commits in the spring are not counterbalanced by the good he does . In some sections of the country farmers tar their corn , and in that way prevent ...
... corn field . It is a question among some naturalists whether the depredations which he commits in the spring are not counterbalanced by the good he does . In some sections of the country farmers tar their corn , and in that way prevent ...
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... corn meal , and absolutely spoil her , destroy all the maternal machinery and nervous action of that animal . I took three Jersey heifers bred by me from one cow . The first one was a beautiful heifer , and made a famous cow . The ...
... corn meal , and absolutely spoil her , destroy all the maternal machinery and nervous action of that animal . I took three Jersey heifers bred by me from one cow . The first one was a beautiful heifer , and made a famous cow . The ...
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