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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... improvements , compared with what we see at the pres- ent day . But it was due in part , no doubt , to the fact that there was no uniformity in the returns of the various soci- eties , and they could not be arranged so as to offer the ...
... improvements , compared with what we see at the pres- ent day . But it was due in part , no doubt , to the fact that there was no uniformity in the returns of the various soci- eties , and they could not be arranged so as to offer the ...
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... improvements in the management of the farm . Under the old methods , the land was fast becoming poorer ; crops were grown ... improvement over the old method of sale . It is true that the farmers of eighty years ago did not have the fine ...
... improvements in the management of the farm . Under the old methods , the land was fast becoming poorer ; crops were grown ... improvement over the old method of sale . It is true that the farmers of eighty years ago did not have the fine ...
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... improvements in the construction of greenhouses during the few last years deserve some notice . It was formerly the custom to construct greenhouses with the beds for lettuce and cucumbers raised upon benches near the glass ; the benches ...
... improvements in the construction of greenhouses during the few last years deserve some notice . It was formerly the custom to construct greenhouses with the beds for lettuce and cucumbers raised upon benches near the glass ; the benches ...
Page 35
... improvement in that direction . I should like to have him go on and explain further in regard to the construction and management of his greenhouse rather than say any thing myself . As for market- gardening , I think the chairman is the ...
... improvement in that direction . I should like to have him go on and explain further in regard to the construction and management of his greenhouse rather than say any thing myself . As for market- gardening , I think the chairman is the ...
Page 68
... improved plants , — improved cauliflowers , improved pears , improved grapes , improved strawberries , and all the rest , - that they are able to do this in consequence of a character- istic which was lodged in the germ millions of ...
... improved plants , — improved cauliflowers , improved pears , improved grapes , improved strawberries , and all the rest , - that they are able to do this in consequence of a character- istic which was lodged in the germ millions of ...
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