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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... appearance of the town , and added new beauty to the natural attractions of the place . Good roads are necessary to the prosperity of any place . And the excellence of our roads , and the mode of caring for them , have been commended in ...
... appearance of the town , and added new beauty to the natural attractions of the place . Good roads are necessary to the prosperity of any place . And the excellence of our roads , and the mode of caring for them , have been commended in ...
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... appearance to the squash - house ; the shelves , however , are only fourteen inches apart as we do not need to work between them , it is made partly under ground . As the temperature required for spinach is 30 ° to 35 ° , we need no ...
... appearance to the squash - house ; the shelves , however , are only fourteen inches apart as we do not need to work between them , it is made partly under ground . As the temperature required for spinach is 30 ° to 35 ° , we need no ...
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... appearance is too well known to need description , but its nature is little understood . It is the practice of gardeners to plant the cabbage only one year in three or four upon the same land in order to avoid this disease ; but in the ...
... appearance is too well known to need description , but its nature is little understood . It is the practice of gardeners to plant the cabbage only one year in three or four upon the same land in order to avoid this disease ; but in the ...
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... appearance of rain , I used to put shutters over it . I had shutters that I used instead sashes . Of course I used sashes when I sowed the spinach , and took care of it . The board shutters kept it perfectly tight , so that no water ...
... appearance of rain , I used to put shutters over it . I had shutters that I used instead sashes . Of course I used sashes when I sowed the spinach , and took care of it . The board shutters kept it perfectly tight , so that no water ...
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... appearance on the surface , and , by going over the field with the drag , it just breaks the crust , and kills every weed that has started , and does not affect or Just interfere with the coming crop that is not up ; SUBSTITUTE FOR THE ...
... appearance on the surface , and , by going over the field with the drag , it just breaks the crust , and kills every weed that has started , and does not affect or Just interfere with the coming crop that is not up ; SUBSTITUTE FOR THE ...
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