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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... hundred thousand dollars a year for the support of town libraries , public schools , and the advancement of learning . Early in its history , also , it instituted an elaborate and accurate series of experiments designed to throw light ...
... hundred thousand dollars a year for the support of town libraries , public schools , and the advancement of learning . Early in its history , also , it instituted an elaborate and accurate series of experiments designed to throw light ...
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... hundred dollars per acre ; the hauling of manure and of produce costs double or more what it does nearer market ; and here it is that we find the gardeners ( or farmers as they are more properly called ) devote their energies with ...
... hundred dollars per acre ; the hauling of manure and of produce costs double or more what it does nearer market ; and here it is that we find the gardeners ( or farmers as they are more properly called ) devote their energies with ...
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... hundred to two hundred dollars per acre , and the force , one horse and one man for two to five acres . The methods used by the market - gardeners to make the most of their land are very ingenious , and deserve a more careful and ...
... hundred to two hundred dollars per acre , and the force , one horse and one man for two to five acres . The methods used by the market - gardeners to make the most of their land are very ingenious , and deserve a more careful and ...
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... hundred and fifty pounds , and sowed it with white turnips ; and I would not ask a better crop than I got from that piece of land . At another time I raised an acre of white turnips on a very small quantity of guano , and it was the ...
... hundred and fifty pounds , and sowed it with white turnips ; and I would not ask a better crop than I got from that piece of land . At another time I raised an acre of white turnips on a very small quantity of guano , and it was the ...
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... hundred dollars will buy but a very small quantity of guano or any other fertilizer of that kind . Very few of us ... hundred dollars an acre . I live at the limit , fifteen miles ; and therefore I should expect five hundred dollars per ...
... hundred dollars will buy but a very small quantity of guano or any other fertilizer of that kind . Very few of us ... hundred dollars an acre . I live at the limit , fifteen miles ; and therefore I should expect five hundred dollars per ...
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