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 28
... corn ; the late ones , often upon the same land , are squashes , pickling cucumbers , and peppers , a tomatoes , fall cabbage , and turnips . The hot - bed is some- what used , but less than nearer the city . The small fruits ...
... corn ; the late ones , often upon the same land , are squashes , pickling cucumbers , and peppers , a tomatoes , fall cabbage , and turnips . The hot - bed is some- what used , but less than nearer the city . The small fruits ...
Page 39
... corn , pease , and almost every crop , except the finer garden - crops , with the drag . before those plants are ready to break the ground , the weeds have made their appearance on the surface , and , by going over the field with the ...
... corn , pease , and almost every crop , except the finer garden - crops , with the drag . before those plants are ready to break the ground , the weeds have made their appearance on the surface , and , by going over the field with the ...
Page 53
... corn , and potatoes , the advantage was always on the side of the fertilizer , with one single exception . I can- not state the figures here ; but you have them in the Report of last year . The advantage in regard to price and in regard ...
... corn , and potatoes , the advantage was always on the side of the fertilizer , with one single exception . I can- not state the figures here ; but you have them in the Report of last year . The advantage in regard to price and in regard ...
Page 54
... corn planted this year with the fertil- izer . If that is a fact , every farmer in Massachusetts would like to know it . I supposed it was settled that we could use the fertilizer year after year , and the land would not deteri- orate ...
... corn planted this year with the fertil- izer . If that is a fact , every farmer in Massachusetts would like to know it . I supposed it was settled that we could use the fertilizer year after year , and the land would not deteri- orate ...
Page 59
... corn - fields and broom - corn , and fattening cattle ; others , like myself , have gone into market- gardening ; while a few continue to raise tobacco . I find , that . in that locality , I can get as large a THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY . 59.
... corn - fields and broom - corn , and fattening cattle ; others , like myself , have gone into market- gardening ; while a few continue to raise tobacco . I find , that . in that locality , I can get as large a THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY . 59.
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