Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Volume 25W. White, 1878 - Agriculture Vols. for 1889-1894, 1906-1912 issued with the Annual report of the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station; vols. for 1895-1905 issued with the Annual report of the Hatch Environment Station of the Massachnusetts Agricultural College. |
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... carried on with the advan- tage of modern and more accurate scientific methods and appliances , were among the best and most valuable of that day , and did much to lead to a greater spirit of investigation , and to lay the foundation of ...
... carried on with the advan- tage of modern and more accurate scientific methods and appliances , were among the best and most valuable of that day , and did much to lead to a greater spirit of investigation , and to lay the foundation of ...
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... carried to Boston pota- toes in a one - horse market - wagon , and sold them for seventy- five cents a barrel , that I sold butter for twelve or thirteen cents a pound , eggs for eight cents a dozen . At that time the farmers sold their ...
... carried to Boston pota- toes in a one - horse market - wagon , and sold them for seventy- five cents a barrel , that I sold butter for twelve or thirteen cents a pound , eggs for eight cents a dozen . At that time the farmers sold their ...
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... carry off surface water . The manure used on the market - garden is mostly horse- manure , with some night - soil and hog - manure . Land in- tended for early cabbages and greens is usually manured in the fall with coarse manure ...
... carry off surface water . The manure used on the market - garden is mostly horse- manure , with some night - soil and hog - manure . Land in- tended for early cabbages and greens is usually manured in the fall with coarse manure ...
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... carry a good crop of late cauliflowers after the cabbages , which could not be done the year following . Another question which is little understood by the gar- deners is how to prevent mildew in the lettuce - beds : we are altogether ...
... carry a good crop of late cauliflowers after the cabbages , which could not be done the year following . Another question which is little understood by the gar- deners is how to prevent mildew in the lettuce - beds : we are altogether ...
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... carry it on successfully . I think it pays but a very small per cent upon the amount of capital invested . I do not know that it is overdone ; but there is not near so much money made in it as there was a few years ago . The price of ...
... carry it on successfully . I think it pays but a very small per cent upon the amount of capital invested . I do not know that it is overdone ; but there is not near so much money made in it as there was a few years ago . The price of ...
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