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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... manure - wagon and market - wagon can make two trips in a day if needful ; and this nearness gives a very great advantage where a large amount of manure must be applied to a small amount of land , GARDEN AND VEGETABLE FARMING . 23.
... manure - wagon and market - wagon can make two trips in a day if needful ; and this nearness gives a very great advantage where a large amount of manure must be applied to a small amount of land , GARDEN AND VEGETABLE FARMING . 23.
Page 24
... manure used on these gardens is from twenty to thirty cords per acre every year . It 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 ...
... manure used on these gardens is from twenty to thirty cords per acre every year . It 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 ...
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... manure put in to the depth of six to twelve inches according to the season of the year and the crop to be raised ; No the loam is then thrown back on the manure to the depth of six or eight inches , and covered with sash and mats , and ...
... manure put in to the depth of six to twelve inches according to the season of the year and the crop to be raised ; No the loam is then thrown back on the manure to the depth of six or eight inches , and covered with sash and mats , and ...
Page 27
... manure to start them . It is thus that the market is supplied with cucumbers in June before the field crop comes in . For winter work , however , in raising these crops the green- house is to be preferred ; it is more manageable , and ...
... manure to start them . It is thus that the market is supplied with cucumbers in June before the field crop comes in . For winter work , however , in raising these crops the green- house is to be preferred ; it is more manageable , and ...
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... manure , with some night - soil and hog - manure . Land in- tended for early cabbages and greens is usually manured in the fall with coarse manure , ploughed under . The manure applied in spring is worked as fine as possible so as to be ...
... manure , with some night - soil and hog - manure . Land in- tended for early cabbages and greens is usually manured in the fall with coarse manure , ploughed under . The manure applied in spring is worked as fine as possible so as to be ...
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