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 50
... potash . QUESTION . In what method ? The CHAIRMAN . It did not come along quick enough , so that I could put it on ... potash , I should have had small onions . I suppose every market - gardener , and every farmer , knows that there is ...
... potash . QUESTION . In what method ? The CHAIRMAN . It did not come along quick enough , so that I could put it on ... potash , I should have had small onions . I suppose every market - gardener , and every farmer , knows that there is ...
Page 127
... potash , more phosphoric acid , more lime , and other mineral matters which enter into the composition of the ashes of our cultivated crops , than any other crop usually grown in the country . 2. There is fully three times as much ...
... potash , more phosphoric acid , more lime , and other mineral matters which enter into the composition of the ashes of our cultivated crops , than any other crop usually grown in the country . 2. There is fully three times as much ...
Page 129
... potash , and other forms of nitrate , which are available immediately , when spring opens , for the use of your crops . You may apply a fertilizer in the spring , and , if the rains come on , very well ; but , supposing you have a ...
... potash , and other forms of nitrate , which are available immediately , when spring opens , for the use of your crops . You may apply a fertilizer in the spring , and , if the rains come on , very well ; but , supposing you have a ...
Page 144
... potash from pure ashes , or more readily from kainit , or some high grade of the German potash salts . These three indispensable ingredients are used , I believe , in Professor Stockbridge's formula for grass . There is probably no man ...
... potash from pure ashes , or more readily from kainit , or some high grade of the German potash salts . These three indispensable ingredients are used , I believe , in Professor Stockbridge's formula for grass . There is probably no man ...
Page 151
... potash , and that they get from the bushes . I could not put sheep on this pasture I have spoken of ; and so I tried another plan . A person owed me some money , and told me if I would take some pigs that he had , at three dollars ...
... potash , and that they get from the bushes . I could not put sheep on this pasture I have spoken of ; and so I tried another plan . A person owed me some money , and told me if I would take some pigs that he had , at three dollars ...
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