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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... pounds of sulphur . That will give a very strong solution of sulphur , which is diluted by a considerable quantity of water . I am sorry I am not able to give the pro- portions . I do it by my eye , and judge of the strength . It is ...
... pounds of sulphur . That will give a very strong solution of sulphur , which is diluted by a considerable quantity of water . I am sorry I am not able to give the pro- portions . I do it by my eye , and judge of the strength . It is ...
Page 46
... pounds , and sowed it with white turnips ; and I would not ask a better crop than I got from that piece of land . At another time I raised an acre of white turnips on a very small quantity of guano , and it was the best crop of turnips ...
... pounds , and sowed it with white turnips ; and I would not ask a better crop than I got from that piece of land . At another time I raised an acre of white turnips on a very small quantity of guano , and it was the best crop of turnips ...
Page 49
... pounds of onion - seed to the acre , would have said that I should have had nothing but small onions . I rather thought so myself . It was an accident that I came to sow them in that way . I lent my seed - sower to a neighbor , and ...
... pounds of onion - seed to the acre , would have said that I should have had nothing but small onions . I rather thought so myself . It was an accident that I came to sow them in that way . I lent my seed - sower to a neighbor , and ...
Page 50
... pounds to the acre . " I have learned better than to expect to raise a large crop on nothing . I can't do it . QUESTION . What amount of seed did your neighbor use ? The CHAIRMAN . He sowed the same kind of seed . I got the seed for him ...
... pounds to the acre . " I have learned better than to expect to raise a large crop on nothing . I can't do it . QUESTION . What amount of seed did your neighbor use ? The CHAIRMAN . He sowed the same kind of seed . I got the seed for him ...
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... pound ? The CHAIRMAN . No ; but I had to take it . QUESTION . But you laid the foundation for making money ? The CHAIRMAN . It taught me better than to sell in that way . Mr. COOLIDGE . There is one thing I wanted to ask dur- ing this ...
... pound ? The CHAIRMAN . No ; but I had to take it . QUESTION . But you laid the foundation for making money ? The CHAIRMAN . It taught me better than to sell in that way . Mr. COOLIDGE . There is one thing I wanted to ask dur- ing this ...
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