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 17
... acid and bleaching salts . Up to this time , these chemicals had been made in this country in small quantities and by individual manufacturers . The Boston Manufactur- ing Company encouraged the formation of a company that should make ...
... acid and bleaching salts . Up to this time , these chemicals had been made in this country in small quantities and by individual manufacturers . The Boston Manufactur- ing Company encouraged the formation of a company that should make ...
Page 42
... acid gas is almost a sovereign rem- edy . In the greenhouse the use of sulphur in various forms , dissolved in lime , or in the form of a mild gas , that is , not sulphuric - acid gas , but the mildest form , — is almost a specific for ...
... acid gas is almost a sovereign rem- edy . In the greenhouse the use of sulphur in various forms , dissolved in lime , or in the form of a mild gas , that is , not sulphuric - acid gas , but the mildest form , — is almost a specific for ...
Page 45
... acid ; and a very weak solution of sulphur is destructive to very low forms of vegetable growth ; but I am not aware that it is so to animal growth . Mr. WARE . I judge , from what the gentleman says , that the cabbages he alludes to ...
... acid ; and a very weak solution of sulphur is destructive to very low forms of vegetable growth ; but I am not aware that it is so to animal growth . Mr. WARE . I judge , from what the gentleman says , that the cabbages he alludes to ...
Page 127
... acid , more lime , and other mineral matters which enter into the composition of the ashes of our cultivated crops , than any other crop usually grown in the country . 2. There is fully three times as much nitrogen in a crop of clover ...
... acid , more lime , and other mineral matters which enter into the composition of the ashes of our cultivated crops , than any other crop usually grown in the country . 2. There is fully three times as much nitrogen in a crop of clover ...
Page 144
... acid , and potash , is a far more economical application than any one substance , unless it be good farmyard manure , which contains all these ingredients in reasonably suitable proportions . A compost of these essential constituents is ...
... acid , and potash , is a far more economical application than any one substance , unless it be good farmyard manure , which contains all these ingredients in reasonably suitable proportions . A compost of these essential constituents is ...
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