Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Volume 38, Part 1890W. White, 1891 - Agriculture |
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... ground , 51 feet . Above sea level , 260 feet . ANNUAL SUMMARY FOR 1890 . Pressure . [ In Inches . ] Actual maximum , reading , 30.64 , Jan. 1 , 1 A. Actual minimum , reading , 29.025 , Oct. 27 , 2P . Mean reduced to sea level , 30.03 ...
... ground , 51 feet . Above sea level , 260 feet . ANNUAL SUMMARY FOR 1890 . Pressure . [ In Inches . ] Actual maximum , reading , 30.64 , Jan. 1 , 1 A. Actual minimum , reading , 29.025 , Oct. 27 , 2P . Mean reduced to sea level , 30.03 ...
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... ground , but the central idea seemed to be that , if properly managed , dairying in this State is perhaps as profitable as any other branch of farming . It is not safe to say that those who are engaged in it are making much money . The ...
... ground , but the central idea seemed to be that , if properly managed , dairying in this State is perhaps as profitable as any other branch of farming . It is not safe to say that those who are engaged in it are making much money . The ...
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... grounds , and purchased land for the purpose . The first parcel purchased contained six and one - half acres , and cost the society $ 2,765 . This was the nucleus of the valuable tract now owned by the society . about one - half mile ...
... grounds , and purchased land for the purpose . The first parcel purchased contained six and one - half acres , and cost the society $ 2,765 . This was the nucleus of the valuable tract now owned by the society . about one - half mile ...
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... ground for ages appear to be inexhaustible , and no system of agri- culture is required to secure abundant crops . The soil has only , as it has been said , to be " tickled with a stick , and it will laugh in a harvest . " What is the ...
... ground for ages appear to be inexhaustible , and no system of agri- culture is required to secure abundant crops . The soil has only , as it has been said , to be " tickled with a stick , and it will laugh in a harvest . " What is the ...
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... ground that the soil could never be impoverished , and that the farmers could go on raising wheat year after year , putting nothing back upon the soil , but dumping their manure into the canal or burning it , anything to get rid of it ...
... ground that the soil could never be impoverished , and that the farmers could go on raising wheat year after year , putting nothing back upon the soil , but dumping their manure into the canal or burning it , anything to get rid of it ...
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