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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... seed into the soil . To - day it is the farmer that pushes westward upon the prairies , makes a settlement , establishes a home , and so extends the area of civilization . The mechanic and manu- facturer follow after . This is the ...
... seed into the soil . To - day it is the farmer that pushes westward upon the prairies , makes a settlement , establishes a home , and so extends the area of civilization . The mechanic and manu- facturer follow after . This is the ...
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... seed - sower most approved is the revolving brush , a modification of the Willis machine . The scuffle - hoe or shove - hoe is much used in running between the rows of greens , onions , and beets ; land can be tilled with this tool ...
... seed - sower most approved is the revolving brush , a modification of the Willis machine . The scuffle - hoe or shove - hoe is much used in running between the rows of greens , onions , and beets ; land can be tilled with this tool ...
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... seed on his land , and the manure is suffered to ferment before being applied to the land in order to destroy the seeds it always contains . The only very troublesome weeds are those which grow and mature their seeds very rapidly , such ...
... seed on his land , and the manure is suffered to ferment before being applied to the land in order to destroy the seeds it always contains . The only very troublesome weeds are those which grow and mature their seeds very rapidly , such ...
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... seeds , who are not willing to pay the price for good seed which it costs to raise it . The care required to produce really good cabbage- seed , or lettuce - seed , or onion - seed , would not be repaid by the prices which these seeds ...
... seeds , who are not willing to pay the price for good seed which it costs to raise it . The care required to produce really good cabbage- seed , or lettuce - seed , or onion - seed , would not be repaid by the prices which these seeds ...
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... seed , of this and other varieties of fungus most of the time ; and when the conditions are right for the propagation of those seeds , then they take hold , and grow . That , to my mind , is the cause of the potato - rot . Sometimes it ...
... seed , of this and other varieties of fungus most of the time ; and when the conditions are right for the propagation of those seeds , then they take hold , and grow . That , to my mind , is the cause of the potato - rot . Sometimes it ...
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