Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture of the State of Michigan, for the Year ...John A. Kerr & Company, printers to the State, 1865 - Agriculture |
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Michigan. State Board of Agriculture. 17. Grain - drills are extensively used , and it is generally sup- posed that wheat drilled in , produces from 3 to 5 bushels more to the acre than from broadcast sowing . Broadcast sowers for clover ...
Michigan. State Board of Agriculture. 17. Grain - drills are extensively used , and it is generally sup- posed that wheat drilled in , produces from 3 to 5 bushels more to the acre than from broadcast sowing . Broadcast sowers for clover ...
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... Grain - drills are used in this county quite extensively . The common tooth or cultivator drill is used very little . I am manufacturing the roller grain - drill , for sowing wheat , oats , barley , buckwheat , peas , beans , clover ...
... Grain - drills are used in this county quite extensively . The common tooth or cultivator drill is used very little . I am manufacturing the roller grain - drill , for sowing wheat , oats , barley , buckwheat , peas , beans , clover ...
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... drilled in . We have but two kinds of horse - rakes in use in this section ... wheat field . It collects entirely too much dirt for hay . Horse ... wheat . A liberal dressing will increase the yield about one - third . The only other ...
... drilled in . We have but two kinds of horse - rakes in use in this section ... wheat field . It collects entirely too much dirt for hay . Horse ... wheat . A liberal dressing will increase the yield about one - third . The only other ...
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... Wheat grain - drills are being used to some extent , and , as far as has been ascertained , the result has been highly satis- factory . Drilled wheat is found to endure a freezing - out winter much better than if sown broadcast , the ...
... Wheat grain - drills are being used to some extent , and , as far as has been ascertained , the result has been highly satis- factory . Drilled wheat is found to endure a freezing - out winter much better than if sown broadcast , the ...
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... wheat should be sown in our climate about the tenth of September . The best of seed should be selected , and whether drilled , or sown broadcast , no pains should be spared to get it in well . The foregoing brief suggestions naturally ...
... wheat should be sown in our climate about the tenth of September . The best of seed should be selected , and whether drilled , or sown broadcast , no pains should be spared to get it in well . The foregoing brief suggestions naturally ...
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9 P. M. Mean Agricultural Society animals annual Ayrshire Ayrshire cattle BAROMETER HEIGHT REDUCED BARRY COUNTY beef Berkshire better Boarding Hall breed broadcast sowing bushels bushels per acre C. A. Kenaston cattle CENTAGE OF SATURATION cents cheese clover corn cows cultivation dairy Day of Month diarrhoea disease drill and broadcast drilled wheat ergot experiments farm farmers fatten favorable fleece FORCE OR PRESSURE FREEZING POINT GENESEE COUNTY ground harrow HEIGHT REDUCED FORCE horses important improvement INCHES John Gamgee KALAMAZOO COUNTY Kedzie labor land MACOMB COUNTY manure Merino milk OTTAWA COUNTY P. M. Mean plant pleuro-pneumonia ploughed plow pork portion pounds premiums produced profitable quantity receipts regard roots S. S. Rockwell Salary season Secretary seed serous membranes sheep soil sold sown broadcast swine symptoms T. C. Abbot Thermometer tion varieties various weight winter wheat wool yield