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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... cattle commission was created , and clothed with power to control contagious diseases among stock . No intelligent ... cattle - plague of Europe , on account of its long period of incubation , during which it is utterly impossible to ...
... cattle commission was created , and clothed with power to control contagious diseases among stock . No intelligent ... cattle - plague of Europe , on account of its long period of incubation , during which it is utterly impossible to ...
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... cattle , except the raising of heifers to replenish the stock of cows on the dairy - farms , is nearly abandoned , for the reason that it can be done more economically where land , hay , and pasturage are cheaper . In the breeding of ...
... cattle , except the raising of heifers to replenish the stock of cows on the dairy - farms , is nearly abandoned , for the reason that it can be done more economically where land , hay , and pasturage are cheaper . In the breeding of ...
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... cattle and other animals , the different varieties of grain , fruits , and vegetables , and can determine for them- selves which are the best and most desirable to have ; and at no other place can there be found the same convenience for ...
... cattle and other animals , the different varieties of grain , fruits , and vegetables , and can determine for them- selves which are the best and most desirable to have ; and at no other place can there be found the same convenience for ...
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... money faster than his brother farmers who depend on their cattle , he does it at the sacrifice of a good deal of comfort and by dint of much care and hard work . I thank you , gentlemen , for the kind attention 34 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE .
... money faster than his brother farmers who depend on their cattle , he does it at the sacrifice of a good deal of comfort and by dint of much care and hard work . I thank you , gentlemen , for the kind attention 34 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE .
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... cattle to feed it too close , you will not see any thing of it the next year ; but , when it is sown on soil fairly well suited to it , I think you can depend upon a good return from the alsike for four or five years at least . It is ...
... cattle to feed it too close , you will not see any thing of it the next year ; but , when it is sown on soil fairly well suited to it , I think you can depend upon a good return from the alsike for four or five years at least . It is ...
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