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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... 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 available at once ...
... 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 available at once ...
Page 48
... night - soil spread on broadcast , cultivated it in thor- oughly , and I then furrowed the ground , and on that por- tion I put in a lot of good horse - manure just drawn from the stable , and on the other portion of it , I put the ...
... night - soil spread on broadcast , cultivated it in thor- oughly , and I then furrowed the ground , and on that por- tion I put in a lot of good horse - manure just drawn from the stable , and on the other portion of it , I put the ...
Page 169
... night - soil ; and a paper furnished by Gen. N. N. HALSTED of Newark , N.J. , will be read by the secretary . THE MANAGEMENT OF NIGHT - SOIL . BY GEN . N. N. HALSTED . " Whatever may be its constitution and physical properties , land ...
... night - soil ; and a paper furnished by Gen. N. N. HALSTED of Newark , N.J. , will be read by the secretary . THE MANAGEMENT OF NIGHT - SOIL . BY GEN . N. N. HALSTED . " Whatever may be its constitution and physical properties , land ...
Page 171
... soil must yield as indispensable to the growth of cultivated plants . Knowing , then , that the constituents of food pass over into the urine and the excrements of the animal which consumes it , we come to the grand ... NIGHT - SOIL . 171.
... soil must yield as indispensable to the growth of cultivated plants . Knowing , then , that the constituents of food pass over into the urine and the excrements of the animal which consumes it , we come to the grand ... NIGHT - SOIL . 171.
Page 172
... night - soil . The ancient Latin and Greek writers have discoursed largely on the use of manures , and it is hardly to be supposed that they overlooked the value of night - soil . Two thousand years ago , the oldest of the Roman ...
... night - soil . The ancient Latin and Greek writers have discoursed largely on the use of manures , and it is hardly to be supposed that they overlooked the value of night - soil . Two thousand years ago , the oldest of the Roman ...
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