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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... twenty - five years ago . It was designed to systematize and to supervise the distribution of the bounties offered by the Commonwealth through the county agricultural societies , a method of en- couragement originated as early as 1818 ...
... twenty - five years ago . It was designed to systematize and to supervise the distribution of the bounties offered by the Commonwealth through the county agricultural societies , a method of en- couragement originated as early as 1818 ...
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... twenty to thirty cords per acre every year . It keeps a two- horse team going every day to draw the manure used on some gardens of not over twelve acres ; and the produce on some of these gardens will average one thousand dollars per ...
... twenty to thirty cords per acre every year . It keeps a two- horse team going every day to draw the manure used on some gardens of not over twelve acres ; and the produce on some of these gardens will average one thousand dollars per ...
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... the decayed ones . The celery pit needs a dry , cool air , moderate ventilation , perfect protection from frost . The celery - pit is usually made twenty - four. STORAGE FOR WINTER USE . 29 Section of Spinach House. ...
... the decayed ones . The celery pit needs a dry , cool air , moderate ventilation , perfect protection from frost . The celery - pit is usually made twenty - four. STORAGE FOR WINTER USE . 29 Section of Spinach House. ...
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Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture. The celery - pit is usually made twenty - four feet or twelve feet wide , two feet deep at the sides , covered with boards supported by posts and purlines , and the boards covered with ...
Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture. The celery - pit is usually made twenty - four feet or twelve feet wide , two feet deep at the sides , covered with boards supported by posts and purlines , and the boards covered with ...
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... sometimes they do not . I think there is very little money to be made in raising early cabbages , and putting on fifteen or twenty cords of manure to the acre , and selling them at two DISCUSSION ON MARKET - GARDENING . 35.
... sometimes they do not . I think there is very little money to be made in raising early cabbages , and putting on fifteen or twenty cords of manure to the acre , and selling them at two DISCUSSION ON MARKET - GARDENING . 35.
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