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 127
... nitrogen or nitrogenous compounds ; and the soil itself , after the clover - crop has been cut for hay , or allowed to ripen its seed , is filled with nitrogen and its com- pounds to a much greater extent than it would be by apply- ing ...
... nitrogen or nitrogenous compounds ; and the soil itself , after the clover - crop has been cut for hay , or allowed to ripen its seed , is filled with nitrogen and its com- pounds to a much greater extent than it would be by apply- ing ...
Page 128
... nitrogen . 6. The clover - roots are stronger and more numerous , and more leaves fall on the ground , when clover is grown for seed than when it is mown for hay . In consequence , more nitrogen is left after clover - seed than after ...
... nitrogen . 6. The clover - roots are stronger and more numerous , and more leaves fall on the ground , when clover is grown for seed than when it is mown for hay . In consequence , more nitrogen is left after clover - seed than after ...
Page 129
... nitrogen collected and stored up in the soil by the clover , but it is left , when spring arrives , in a vastly better condition to take and carry on a grain - crop than any fertilizer which can be applied in the spring , -a most impor ...
... nitrogen collected and stored up in the soil by the clover , but it is left , when spring arrives , in a vastly better condition to take and carry on a grain - crop than any fertilizer which can be applied in the spring , -a most impor ...
Page 144
... nitrogen , phos- phoric acid , and potash , is a far more economical application than any one substance , unless it be good farmyard manure , which contains all these ingredients in reasonably suitable proportions . A compost of these ...
... nitrogen , phos- phoric acid , and potash , is a far more economical application than any one substance , unless it be good farmyard manure , which contains all these ingredients in reasonably suitable proportions . A compost of these ...
Page 147
... nitrogen from the soil than any crop that you grow . That being the case , it shows that our soils here in New England , that we have supposed were exhausted , still retain their pristine fertility . It only needs that we put the soil ...
... nitrogen from the soil than any crop that you grow . That being the case , it shows that our soils here in New England , that we have supposed were exhausted , still retain their pristine fertility . It only needs that we put the soil ...
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