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 10
... considered that the judicious use of artificial fertilizers increases the possibilities of production many fold . The amount of plant - food to be accumulated upon the farm , under the old system of farming , had its limits . It could ...
... considered that the judicious use of artificial fertilizers increases the possibilities of production many fold . The amount of plant - food to be accumulated upon the farm , under the old system of farming , had its limits . It could ...
Page 47
... considered an extreme price ; and I never realized that on a contract , except one year . There is something to be made on them at that price . Now the price has been reduced to about a minimum of ten or eleven cents a hundred . The ...
... considered an extreme price ; and I never realized that on a contract , except one year . There is something to be made on them at that price . Now the price has been reduced to about a minimum of ten or eleven cents a hundred . The ...
Page 59
... considered it necessary to begin at the beginning , and tell the process of raising some of the principal crops . I should have been very much pleased to know their method of preparing the ground for the growth of squashes , melons ...
... considered it necessary to begin at the beginning , and tell the process of raising some of the principal crops . I should have been very much pleased to know their method of preparing the ground for the growth of squashes , melons ...
Page 83
... considered this subject before me , that , in order to produce carriage - horses or park - horses of proper quality , we should use the excep- tionally fine ones of the families we have , and find our result in their produce ; but ...
... considered this subject before me , that , in order to produce carriage - horses or park - horses of proper quality , we should use the excep- tionally fine ones of the families we have , and find our result in their produce ; but ...
Page 91
... considered is speed at the trot . And even when there is an award for the " family horse , " so called , or the " roadster , " the premium usually falls to the horse of these classes ; that is , the faster trotter . I have seen a first ...
... considered is speed at the trot . And even when there is an award for the " family horse , " so called , or the " roadster , " the premium usually falls to the horse of these classes ; that is , the faster trotter . I have seen a first ...
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