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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... crop depends . There are some problems connected with the management of the market - garden which need investigation by scientific as well as practical men . One of these is the nature of the disease in the cabbage family known as ...
... crop depends . There are some problems connected with the management of the market - garden which need investigation by scientific as well as practical men . One of these is the nature of the disease in the cabbage family known as ...
Page 35
... crops are most sought for in the market is concerned , they vary with me every year . Some years I do very well : but , if I do excep- tionally well one year , it is more than probable that the next year that crop will not pay ; too ...
... crops are most sought for in the market is concerned , they vary with me every year . Some years I do very well : but , if I do excep- tionally well one year , it is more than probable that the next year that crop will not pay ; too ...
Page 38
... crop has reached a certain stage of growth , that the potato - rot will take place forthwith . It requires , as I ... crop . When the early crop is in a condition such as I have stated , and the weather is such as I have described , the ...
... crop has reached a certain stage of growth , that the potato - rot will take place forthwith . It requires , as I ... crop . When the early crop is in a condition such as I have stated , and the weather is such as I have described , the ...
Page 39
... crop , except the finer garden - crops , with the drag . before those plants are ready to break the ground , the weeds have made their appearance on the surface , and , by going over the field with the drag , it just breaks the crust ...
... crop , except the finer garden - crops , with the drag . before those plants are ready to break the ground , the weeds have made their appearance on the surface , and , by going over the field with the drag , it just breaks the crust ...
Page 40
... crop that is to follow . I did not intend to take the time of this meeting . I know there are men here of very great experience and wisdom in the growing of these crops . I wish they would tell us the facts that they know . We farmers ...
... crop that is to follow . I did not intend to take the time of this meeting . I know there are men here of very great experience and wisdom in the growing of these crops . I wish they would tell us the facts that they know . We farmers ...
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