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 24
... keeps a two- horse team going every day to draw the manure used on some gardens of not over twelve acres ; and the produce on some of these gardens will average one thousand dollars per acre per year , for the whole garden , for a term ...
... keeps a two- horse team going every day to draw the manure used on some gardens of not over twelve acres ; and the produce on some of these gardens will average one thousand dollars per acre per year , for the whole garden , for a term ...
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... keep our markets supplied through the arctic weather of our long winters with delicacies whose natural home is in the tropical zone . The crops grown upon the gardens within six miles of the city are mostly spinach , kale , radishes ...
... keep our markets supplied through the arctic weather of our long winters with delicacies whose natural home is in the tropical zone . The crops grown upon the gardens within six miles of the city are mostly spinach , kale , radishes ...
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... keep out frost , and the bed can be used at any time in the winter . When for planting . it is needed for use , the loam is thrown out , and fresh hot manure put in to the depth of six to twelve inches according to the season of the ...
... keep out frost , and the bed can be used at any time in the winter . When for planting . it is needed for use , the loam is thrown out , and fresh hot manure put in to the depth of six to twelve inches according to the season of the ...
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... keeping the fall crops for winter use are , the squash - house , the celery - pit , the spinach - house , the cellar . Squashes , for keeping , need a tight house above ground , a dry air , and a temperature from 55 ° to 60 ° , which is ...
... keeping the fall crops for winter use are , the squash - house , the celery - pit , the spinach - house , the cellar . Squashes , for keeping , need a tight house above ground , a dry air , and a temperature from 55 ° to 60 ° , which is ...
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... keep out frost . The celery is dug in November , and stowed away , placing a little earth over the roots , and will keep well through the winter if well aired and cared for , airing it frequently . It needs to be kept dry , to be ...
... keep out frost . The celery is dug in November , and stowed away , placing a little earth over the roots , and will keep well through the winter if well aired and cared for , airing it frequently . It needs to be kept dry , to be ...
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