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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... lands on the Con- necticut River . As you leave the valleys of the Nashua and Merrimack , the country becomes hilly and broken , and not so readily culti- vated , much of it being interspersed with ledges and bowlders ; some of this land ...
... lands on the Con- necticut River . As you leave the valleys of the Nashua and Merrimack , the country becomes hilly and broken , and not so readily culti- vated , much of it being interspersed with ledges and bowlders ; some of this land ...
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... land was fast becoming poorer ; crops were grown at the expense of the soil , almost , I might say , without any compensating return to the land , which was by this treatment being ex- hausted , and , in fact , much of it had become ...
... land was fast becoming poorer ; crops were grown at the expense of the soil , almost , I might say , without any compensating return to the land , which was by this treatment being ex- hausted , and , in fact , much of it had become ...
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... land ; while the rich soils of the eastern , northern , central , and western portions of the town are used for agriculture . The needs of a large city like Boston , and of an increasing population nearer home , determined the kind of ...
... land ; while the rich soils of the eastern , northern , central , and western portions of the town are used for agriculture . The needs of a large city like Boston , and of an increasing population nearer home , determined the kind of ...
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Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture. must be applied to a small amount of land , and balances the greater value of land , and higher taxes and rent , or interest , which encumber the garden near town . Many of the gar- dens near ...
Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture. must be applied to a small amount of land , and balances the greater value of land , and higher taxes and rent , or interest , which encumber the garden near town . Many of the gar- dens near ...
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... lands , when well drained , often make excellent garden - land , especially for late crops . The capital needed for gardening is larger than would be supposed by one unacquainted with the business . For gar- dens near market , five ...
... lands , when well drained , often make excellent garden - land , especially for late crops . The capital needed for gardening is larger than would be supposed by one unacquainted with the business . For gar- dens near market , five ...
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