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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 89
Page 12
... in the increased produc- tion of milk . Within the county there is quite a number of herds of Ayrshires , Jerseys , and Dutch cattle . According to the recent census , Middlesex County pro- duces 12 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE .
... in the increased produc- tion of milk . Within the county there is quite a number of herds of Ayrshires , Jerseys , and Dutch cattle . According to the recent census , Middlesex County pro- duces 12 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE .
Page 37
... tion I have made I am very happy to present to this meeting , not in a scientific way , however ; and our friend Mr. Flint has just told me that we are to have a scientific gentleman present that subject at some future time during these ...
... tion I have made I am very happy to present to this meeting , not in a scientific way , however ; and our friend Mr. Flint has just told me that we are to have a scientific gentleman present that subject at some future time during these ...
Page 38
Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture. tion of it for so long , that I think I can tell with certainty , if we have certain conditions of weather in summer , when the potato - crop has reached a certain stage of growth , that the ...
Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture. tion of it for so long , that I think I can tell with certainty , if we have certain conditions of weather in summer , when the potato - crop has reached a certain stage of growth , that the ...
Page 42
... tion that the two are connected , and are caused by parasitic growth . The more recent investigations , in regard not merely to the vegetable kingdom , but to the animal kingdom , show that fungi are the cause of disease and death , not ...
... tion that the two are connected , and are caused by parasitic growth . The more recent investigations , in regard not merely to the vegetable kingdom , but to the animal kingdom , show that fungi are the cause of disease and death , not ...
Page 48
... 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 fertilizer , treating it all in the same manner as to cultivation . I think where I put on the fertilizer , which did not ...
... 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 fertilizer , treating it all in the same manner as to cultivation . I think where I put on the fertilizer , which did not ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
66 nitrogen 66 Reverted acre agricultural societies ailanthus American elm ammonia amount animals apples beautiful better black knot Board Boston breed bushels Calcium oxide cattle cent clover colts committee corn cost cows crop cultivated disease dollars early exhibition experience farm farmers feed feet flowers fowls fruit fungi fungus garden grain grapes grass grass-seed ground grow growth guano harrowing horse hundred improvement inches interest kainit kind labor land manufacture manure mare Marshfield Massachusetts Messrs Middlesex North milk night-soil nitrogen onions oxen pasture pears perennial rye-grass phosphoric acid pistillate plants ploughed pollen potash potassium oxide potatoes pounds premium produce profit quantity question raised regard Report rock elm season seed sheep shoe soil species specimens spores stable-manure Stockbridge Fertilizer Superphosphate thing thousand tion town tree varieties vegetables Waltham winter Worcester