Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Volume 2W. White, 1855 - 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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... June last , of the superintending committee , to make such experiments with the milch cows as they should deem ... June , and for ten days , from the twentieth to the thirtieth of August , and the weighing of the cows on the morning of ...
... June last , of the superintending committee , to make such experiments with the milch cows as they should deem ... June , and for ten days , from the twentieth to the thirtieth of August , and the weighing of the cows on the morning of ...
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... June and the morning of the 11th ; also , a memorandum of Milk given by the same Cows , in ten days , from the 20th to the 30th of June . Evening weight . Average morning and evening weight . between morning and evening Difference ...
... June and the morning of the 11th ; also , a memorandum of Milk given by the same Cows , in ten days , from the 20th to the 30th of June . Evening weight . Average morning and evening weight . between morning and evening Difference ...
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... June . There was a very general alarm . " The corn began to wither , and great fear there was it would all be lost . " A fast being appointed on account of the drought , " the very day after there fell a good shower . " The other years ...
... June . There was a very general alarm . " The corn began to wither , and great fear there was it would all be lost . " A fast being appointed on account of the drought , " the very day after there fell a good shower . " The other years ...
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... June . Most farmers have the impression that there was little diffi- culty in raising good crops of wheat in the early periods of New England ; but from the testimony of many old diaries , it is evident that it was always an uncertain ...
... June . Most farmers have the impression that there was little diffi- culty in raising good crops of wheat in the early periods of New England ; but from the testimony of many old diaries , it is evident that it was always an uncertain ...
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... and backward , so much so that the peach and apple trees did not begin to blossom at Portland till the 20th of May . Then followed a drought in June , caus- ing a short crop of hay and great distress . SECRETARY'S REPORT . 35.
... and backward , so much so that the peach and apple trees did not begin to blossom at Portland till the 20th of May . Then followed a drought in June , caus- ing a short crop of hay and great distress . SECRETARY'S REPORT . 35.
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