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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... animals , the different varieties of grain , fruits , and vegetables , and can determine for them- selves which are the best and most desirable to have ; and at no other place can there be found the same convenience for comparison as at ...
... animals , the different varieties of grain , fruits , and vegetables , and can determine for them- selves which are the best and most desirable to have ; and at no other place can there be found the same convenience for comparison as at ...
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... animal kingdom , show that fungi are the cause of disease and death , not only in the vegetable , but in the animal kingdom . The germ - theory of disease has now become an accepted theory ; and we are in- clined to believe that most of ...
... animal kingdom , show that fungi are the cause of disease and death , not only in the vegetable , but in the animal kingdom . The germ - theory of disease has now become an accepted theory ; and we are in- clined to believe that most of ...
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... animal kingdoms . I do not think there is any relation between the fungus of vegetable growth and animal growth . I have no reason to suppose that sulphur would be injurious to the animal growth , though it may be fatal to the lower ...
... animal kingdoms . I do not think there is any relation between the fungus of vegetable growth and animal growth . I have no reason to suppose that sulphur would be injurious to the animal growth , though it may be fatal to the lower ...
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... animals that their association and parental relation is a source of great enjoyment , as , in the human family , it is the source of the greatest enjoyment , the highest and noblest we have . But why should sexual rela- tion prevail ...
... animals that their association and parental relation is a source of great enjoyment , as , in the human family , it is the source of the greatest enjoyment , the highest and noblest we have . But why should sexual rela- tion prevail ...
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... animals ; but we do not take sufficient pains , it seems to me , to pro- cure good seed for our crops . We have growing in all our fields a large amount of very inferior corn . We have some that produces very small ears . We have ...
... animals ; but we do not take sufficient pains , it seems to me , to pro- cure good seed for our crops . We have growing in all our fields a large amount of very inferior corn . We have some that produces very small ears . We have ...
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