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
... growing all cultivated crops and for market gardening , and the clay loams are very productive when well drained ... grown fruits and vegetables to considerable extent , and what are termed the small fruits quite largely : these also ...
... growing all cultivated crops and for market gardening , and the clay loams are very productive when well drained ... grown fruits and vegetables to considerable extent , and what are termed the small fruits quite largely : these also ...
Page 25
... grown upon the gardens within six miles of the city are mostly spinach , kale , radishes , dandelions , beet ... grow a crop of onion sets on the same land with their dandelions . In the management of these various crops so as to ...
... grown upon the gardens within six miles of the city are mostly spinach , kale , radishes , dandelions , beet ... grow a crop of onion sets on the same land with their dandelions . In the management of these various crops so as to ...
Page 32
... grow and mature their seeds very rapidly , such as purslane , chickweed and the like . Even these will yield to thorough culture . Market - gardens have not as yet been irrigated to any great extent in Massachusetts . Some of the most ...
... grow and mature their seeds very rapidly , such as purslane , chickweed and the like . Even these will yield to thorough culture . Market - gardens have not as yet been irrigated to any great extent in Massachusetts . Some of the most ...
Page 34
... grown with greater profit by using a moderate dressing of manure combined with a potassic fertilizer , than by using the usual heavy dressing of manure alone . The practice of irrigation , too , needs to be more generally tried . Those ...
... grown with greater profit by using a moderate dressing of manure combined with a potassic fertilizer , than by using the usual heavy dressing of manure alone . The practice of irrigation , too , needs to be more generally tried . Those ...
Page 38
... growing very vigorously , if we have a spell of moist weather , or if , after a shower , the weather is warm and close ... grow . That , to my mind , is the cause of the potato - rot . Sometimes it affects the early crop . When the early ...
... growing very vigorously , if we have a spell of moist weather , or if , after a shower , the weather is warm and close ... grow . That , to my mind , is the cause of the potato - rot . Sometimes it affects the early crop . When the early ...
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