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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... ground , six feet above ; and set them six feet apart , leaning back eighteen inches at the top , so that the mats when leaning up against them are not likely to be blown down . Planks 2 by 12 inches are set in the fall , before the ground ...
... ground , six feet above ; and set them six feet apart , leaning back eighteen inches at the top , so that the mats when leaning up against them are not likely to be blown down . Planks 2 by 12 inches are set in the fall , before the ground ...
Page 27
... ground , and place the heating - pipes in the alleys . The lettuce grows much more healthily thus , and the beds are more easily repaired . The drawing represents a section of a house built by the writer in 1876 , 200 feet by 24 feet ...
... ground , and place the heating - pipes in the alleys . The lettuce grows much more healthily thus , and the beds are more easily repaired . The drawing represents a section of a house built by the writer in 1876 , 200 feet by 24 feet ...
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... ground , a dry air , and a temperature from 55 ° to 60 ° , which is main- tained by a stove and by slight ventilation ; they need pick- ing over every ten days , to select the decayed ones . The celery pit needs a dry , cool air ...
... ground , a dry air , and a temperature from 55 ° to 60 ° , which is main- tained by a stove and by slight ventilation ; they need pick- ing over every ten days , to select the decayed ones . The celery pit needs a dry , cool air ...
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... ground . As the temperature required for spinach is 30 ° to 35 ° , we need no stove , but good venti- lators , and protection from frost by double walls , and cover- ing of meadow hay , & c . The cellar for storage of roots should be ...
... ground . As the temperature required for spinach is 30 ° to 35 ° , we need no stove , but good venti- lators , and protection from frost by double walls , and cover- ing of meadow hay , & c . The cellar for storage of roots should be ...
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... ground to the depth of the roots ; and as soon as it has soaked in , the land should be cultivated or hoed . : Frequent sprinkling of the surface is objectionable it makes a crust upon the surface , and draws the tender root- lets to ...
... ground to the depth of the roots ; and as soon as it has soaked in , the land should be cultivated or hoed . : Frequent sprinkling of the surface is objectionable it makes a crust upon the surface , and draws the tender root- lets to ...
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