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 24
... require less manure , and are less bulky , such as early potatoes , pease , beans , asparagus , strawberries , and other small and large fruits , squashes , late cabbages and turnips , and other roots . On these more remote gardens ...
... require less manure , and are less bulky , such as early potatoes , pease , beans , asparagus , strawberries , and other small and large fruits , squashes , late cabbages and turnips , and other roots . On these more remote gardens ...
Page 27
... requires much less labor . The improvements in the construction of greenhouses during the few last years deserve some notice . It was formerly the custom to construct greenhouses with the beds for lettuce and cucumbers raised upon ...
... requires much less labor . The improvements in the construction of greenhouses during the few last years deserve some notice . It was formerly the custom to construct greenhouses with the beds for lettuce and cucumbers raised upon ...
Page 31
... requires the application of considerable skill . The best gardeners plough rather deeply , ten or twelve inches ; the land endures drouth better when thus handled than when shallow ploughing is practised . Many of them run a subsoil ...
... requires the application of considerable skill . The best gardeners plough rather deeply , ten or twelve inches ; the land endures drouth better when thus handled than when shallow ploughing is practised . Many of them run a subsoil ...
Page 32
... requires an inch in depth applied every five days , or 27,000 gallons per acre . To apply this amount of water with an ... require about six times as long to apply the same quantity . Where water may be cheaply had and applied there is ...
... requires an inch in depth applied every five days , or 27,000 gallons per acre . To apply this amount of water with an ... require about six times as long to apply the same quantity . Where water may be cheaply had and applied there is ...
Page 38
... requires , as I have observed , a mild , warm state of the weather , after a shower , — such weather as we farmers call " scalding weath- er . " Probably every one here understands that . When the potatoes are in blossom , or have just ...
... requires , as I have observed , a mild , warm state of the weather , after a shower , — such weather as we farmers call " scalding weath- er . " Probably every one here understands that . When the potatoes are in blossom , or have just ...
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