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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... believe that this practice is profit- able and likely to increase ; in some seasons the rainfall is sufficient for the growth of vegetation ; but we often get a month or six weeks almost rainless , with hot , dry winds , very trying to ...
... believe that this practice is profit- able and likely to increase ; in some seasons the rainfall is sufficient for the growth of vegetation ; but we often get a month or six weeks almost rainless , with hot , dry winds , very trying to ...
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... believe that any of them have given up a single stable , and used patent fertilizers instead . ― Mr. MURRAY . I never knew such a thing as a spinach- house in my young days . I used to be very successful in preserving spinach through ...
... believe that any of them have given up a single stable , and used patent fertilizers instead . ― Mr. MURRAY . I never knew such a thing as a spinach- house in my young days . I used to be very successful in preserving spinach through ...
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... believe that the air is filled with the spores , or seed , of this and other varieties of fungus most of the time ; and when the conditions are right for the propagation of those seeds , then they take hold , and grow . That , to my ...
... believe that the air is filled with the spores , or seed , of this and other varieties of fungus most of the time ; and when the conditions are right for the propagation of those seeds , then they take hold , and grow . That , to my ...
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... believe that he will be able to give us a good deal of infor- mation , and that the members of this Board will profit very much indeed , if they will remain to hear that lecture . I think , after hearing that lecture , they will ...
... believe that he will be able to give us a good deal of infor- mation , and that the members of this Board will profit very much indeed , if they will remain to hear that lecture . I think , after hearing that lecture , they will ...
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... believe that experiments have proved that the use of sulphur is one of the best remedies that can be devised . In the open vine- yard , it is well known that dusting the foliage with sulphur , or syringing the foliage with diluted ...
... believe that experiments have proved that the use of sulphur is one of the best remedies that can be devised . In the open vine- yard , it is well known that dusting the foliage with sulphur , or syringing the foliage with diluted ...
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