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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... soil , almost , I might say , without any compensating return to the land , which was by this treatment being ex- hausted , and , in fact , much of it had become worthless for cropping ; meadows were left undrained ; upland was allowed ...
... soil , almost , I might say , without any compensating return to the land , which was by this treatment being ex- hausted , and , in fact , much of it had become worthless for cropping ; meadows were left undrained ; upland was allowed ...
Page 21
... soil built the first house and estab- lished the first home . The tiller of the soil built the first house in Waltham . And the towns throughout our country were first settled by men and women who struck into the wilderness , made a ...
... soil built the first house and estab- lished the first home . The tiller of the soil built the first house in Waltham . And the towns throughout our country were first settled by men and women who struck into the wilderness , made a ...
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... soil has much to do with a good garden . The best for general purposes is a deep black loam , well drained by a subsoil of fine sand ; but it is desirable to have some variety of soil , as no one soil is adapted to produce all the ...
... soil has much to do with a good garden . The best for general purposes is a deep black loam , well drained by a subsoil of fine sand ; but it is desirable to have some variety of soil , as no one soil is adapted to produce all the ...
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... soil is a dry , loose gravel , it is utterly unfit for any kind of gardening . Stiff clay and boggy lands , when well drained , often make excellent garden - land , especially for late crops . The capital needed for gardening is larger ...
... soil is a dry , loose gravel , it is utterly unfit for any kind of gardening . Stiff clay and boggy lands , when well drained , often make excellent garden - land , especially for late crops . The capital needed for gardening is larger ...
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... soil and hog - manure . Land in- tended for early cabbages and greens is usually manured in the fall with coarse manure , ploughed under . The manure applied in spring is worked as fine as possible so as to be available at once for ...
... soil and hog - manure . Land in- tended for early cabbages and greens is usually manured in the fall with coarse manure , ploughed under . The manure applied in spring is worked as fine as possible so as to be available at once for ...
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