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 24
... profit to such vege- tables as require less manure , and are less bulky , such as early potatoes , pease , beans , asparagus , strawberries , and other small and large fruits , squashes , late cabbages and turnips , and other roots . On ...
... profit to such vege- tables as require less manure , and are less bulky , such as early potatoes , pease , beans , asparagus , strawberries , and other small and large fruits , squashes , late cabbages and turnips , and other roots . On ...
Page 25
... profit- ably employed , invested in buildings , teams , tools , hot - beds , manure , & c .; and the force on such gardens is about one horse to every three acres of land , and in summer , one hand to every acre . On the more remote ...
... profit- ably employed , invested in buildings , teams , tools , hot - beds , manure , & c .; and the force on such gardens is about one horse to every three acres of land , and in summer , one hand to every acre . On the more remote ...
Page 32
... profit . And there There is good reason to believe that this practice is profit- able and likely to increase ; in some seasons the rainfall is sufficient for the growth of vegetation ; but we often get a month or six weeks almost ...
... profit . And there There is good reason to believe that this practice is profit- able and likely to increase ; in some seasons the rainfall is sufficient for the growth of vegetation ; but we often get a month or six weeks almost ...
Page 34
... 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 farmers who have ...
... 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 farmers who have ...
Page 36
... profit in raising lettuce , if you can sell it for two dollars a dozen ; but the trouble is to find any- body to buy it and pay such a price . As for the question , whether market - gardening is overdone or not , I do not know that it ...
... profit in raising lettuce , if you can sell it for two dollars a dozen ; but the trouble is to find any- body to buy it and pay such a price . As for the question , whether market - gardening is overdone or not , I do not know that it ...
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