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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Page 12
... 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 these heifers , there has been a large admix- ture of the Ayrshire ...
... 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 these heifers , there has been a large admix- ture of the Ayrshire ...
Page 102
... cows that went to be served , because he was allowing that bull to run three or four times to one cow , whereas he would have been just as likely to get a calf with one service as with three or four . One of the worst processes to which ...
... cows that went to be served , because he was allowing that bull to run three or four times to one cow , whereas he would have been just as likely to get a calf with one service as with three or four . One of the worst processes to which ...
Page 111
... cow was covered in the first instance by a mean , unworthy sire , her future progeny , no matter by what bull she was covered , partook of the mean character of the first sire : a high - bred calf could not be had . The same rule ...
... cow was covered in the first instance by a mean , unworthy sire , her future progeny , no matter by what bull she was covered , partook of the mean character of the first sire : a high - bred calf could not be had . The same rule ...
Page 116
... cows with a little Jersey mark around the nose , as any way . Why is it , unless the associations and surroundings at the time of serving have that effect upon the animal ? Mr. RUSSELL . In the first place , I would like to say a few ...
... cows with a little Jersey mark around the nose , as any way . Why is it , unless the associations and surroundings at the time of serving have that effect upon the animal ? Mr. RUSSELL . In the first place , I would like to say a few ...
Page 122
... cows , perhaps , had gnawed bare , plough it up , and put in potatoes , - a very exhausting crop , - with the manure in the hill . The next year it was planted with corn , with a lot of white beans or bush - beans in each hill ; and ...
... cows , perhaps , had gnawed bare , plough it up , and put in potatoes , - a very exhausting crop , - with the manure in the hill . The next year it was planted with corn , with a lot of white beans or bush - beans in each hill ; and ...
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