Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Volume 38, Part 1890W. White, 1891 - Agriculture |
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... plant . The people living along the Blackstone River , into which the city sewage empties , appealed to the Legislature to compel the city to purify the sewage before allowing it to enter the river . Accordingly our engineer was sent ...
... plant . The people living along the Blackstone River , into which the city sewage empties , appealed to the Legislature to compel the city to purify the sewage before allowing it to enter the river . Accordingly our engineer was sent ...
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... plant food that have been stored up in 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 ...
... plant food that have been stored up in 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 ...
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... plant food required to produce a crop of wheat were entirely exhausted , the crops failed , and men began to ask themselves the ques- tion , " Why is it that our fields yield less and less crops yearly ? " Now , in the asking of that ...
... plant food required to produce a crop of wheat were entirely exhausted , the crops failed , and men began to ask themselves the ques- tion , " Why is it that our fields yield less and less crops yearly ? " Now , in the asking of that ...
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... plant food , simply because they wanted to find out the reason why soil that had been continually cropped did not ... plants and also for animals . In fact , 14 [ Jan. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE .
... plant food , simply because they wanted to find out the reason why soil that had been continually cropped did not ... plants and also for animals . In fact , 14 [ Jan. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE .
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... plant food , and seeking for materials which could be used as nutriment for plants . When we turn back to the beginning of the use of what are now called commercial fertilizers , we find that bones were first used in the last part of ...
... plant food , and seeking for materials which could be used as nutriment for plants . When we turn back to the beginning of the use of what are now called commercial fertilizers , we find that bones were first used in the last part of ...
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