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 124
... cows up there , and kept them on the hay which had been cut in the summer . He drove them up to prevent them from starv- ing , and to secure for himself the means of carrying his cows through the winter .. This is a single isolated case ...
... cows up there , and kept them on the hay which had been cut in the summer . He drove them up to prevent them from starv- ing , and to secure for himself the means of carrying his cows through the winter .. This is a single isolated case ...
Page 126
... cows , they would come to the same conclusion . They know what is good for them much better than we do . - Now , supposing a man should make up his mind that he will have all the early grasses together , as far as practicable , and all ...
... cows , they would come to the same conclusion . They know what is good for them much better than we do . - Now , supposing a man should make up his mind that he will have all the early grasses together , as far as practicable , and all ...
Page 135
... cow - grass . 3 " red clover . 1 1 1 1 1 1 " crested dog's - tail . " cock's - foot ( orchard - grass ) . " sweet - scented vernal . " meadow foxtail . " hard fescue . " smooth - stalked meadow - grass ( June grass ) . In Cheshire the ...
... cow - grass . 3 " red clover . 1 1 1 1 1 1 " crested dog's - tail . " cock's - foot ( orchard - grass ) . " sweet - scented vernal . " meadow foxtail . " hard fescue . " smooth - stalked meadow - grass ( June grass ) . In Cheshire the ...
Page 142
... cows time out of mind . Bushes and briers had come in ; huckleberry - bushes , alders , mosses , and every sort of botanical specimen , abundant enough to delight the heart of a botanist . It was one of the worst pastures , in that ...
... cows time out of mind . Bushes and briers had come in ; huckleberry - bushes , alders , mosses , and every sort of botanical specimen , abundant enough to delight the heart of a botanist . It was one of the worst pastures , in that ...
Page 143
... cows up into the yard every night , so that the pasture loses a considerable portion of the manure , then I would return some reasonable portion of it as a top- dressing , in the form of compost ; or else I would select some ...
... cows up into the yard every night , so that the pasture loses a considerable portion of the manure , then I would return some reasonable portion of it as a top- dressing , in the form of compost ; or else I would select some ...
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