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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... cause of agricultural education . " In accordance with this vote , arrangements were made to hold a convention of delegates at the State House on the 20th of March , 1851 , when the Hon . Marshall P. Wilder was chosen president ; the ...
... cause of agricultural education . " In accordance with this vote , arrangements were made to hold a convention of delegates at the State House on the 20th of March , 1851 , when the Hon . Marshall P. Wilder was chosen president ; the ...
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... causes that produce it , and are very much at its mercy in raising lettuce . The use of artificial fertilizers also needs to be more fully tested : it seems highly probable that the root - crops could be grown with greater profit by ...
... causes that produce it , and are very much at its mercy in raising lettuce . The use of artificial fertilizers also needs to be more fully tested : it seems highly probable that the root - crops could be grown with greater profit by ...
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... cause of the potato - rot . Sometimes it affects the early crop . When the early crop is in a condition such as I ... causes it The spores of the onion - smut will infect the whole . soil of the onion - field . It is very rapid in its ...
... cause of the potato - rot . Sometimes it affects the early crop . When the early crop is in a condition such as I ... causes it The spores of the onion - smut will infect the whole . soil of the onion - field . It is very rapid in its ...
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... cause of fungus in hot - beds is too much moisture , with too little ven- tilation . But I ought not and do not undertake to instruct these gardeners in the management of their hot - beds , because they have had very much more ...
... cause of fungus in hot - beds is too much moisture , with too little ven- tilation . But I ought not and do not undertake to instruct these gardeners in the management of their hot - beds , because they have had very much more ...
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... caused by a fungus , and that the blight or rot of the potato comes from the same cause . I think that Professor Farlow has made it clear almost to demonstra- tion that the two are connected , and are caused by parasitic growth . The ...
... caused by a fungus , and that the blight or rot of the potato comes from the same cause . I think that Professor Farlow has made it clear almost to demonstra- tion that the two are connected , and are caused by parasitic growth . The ...
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