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 11
... give a short account of the farming of the vicinity or county . This I do more readily , as I am willing to confess that I have a strong State , county , and town pride . It is laudable to be proud of a State like Massachusetts , which ...
... give a short account of the farming of the vicinity or county . This I do more readily , as I am willing to confess that I have a strong State , county , and town pride . It is laudable to be proud of a State like Massachusetts , which ...
Page 15
... give the results of their practical experience , and to throw such light as they are able upon the matters before the meeting . In the selection of subjects for the lectures and discus- sions , we have followed the usual custom , and ...
... give the results of their practical experience , and to throw such light as they are able upon the matters before the meeting . In the selection of subjects for the lectures and discus- sions , we have followed the usual custom , and ...
Page 36
... give them one , but they commenced poor men , and have worked and earned for themselves good farms , I have read the certificates of such men , that they have applied such and such patent fertilizers , and have secured good crops ; but ...
... give them one , but they commenced poor men , and have worked and earned for themselves good farms , I have read the certificates of such men , that they have applied such and such patent fertilizers , and have secured good crops ; but ...
Page 41
... give a fact on which I predicate the inquiry . A farmer in Hadley told me that he raised a crop of potatoes in this wise : one half the field was manured with barnyard - manure , and the other half with the stems of tobacco , cut up ...
... give a fact on which I predicate the inquiry . A farmer in Hadley told me that he raised a crop of potatoes in this wise : one half the field was manured with barnyard - manure , and the other half with the stems of tobacco , cut up ...
Page 42
... give us a good deal of infor- mation , and that the members of this Board will profit very much indeed , if they will remain to hear that lecture . I think , after hearing that lecture , they will doubtless have different opinions in ...
... give us a good deal of infor- mation , and that the members of this Board will profit very much indeed , if they will remain to hear that lecture . I think , after hearing that lecture , they will doubtless have different opinions in ...
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