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 101
... horse to its progeny , I think one feature has been over- looked by every one to - day , and I think it was entirely overlooked by Mr. Russell . He said that keeping a horse in a box - stall or a stable , and feeding THE HORSE'S FEET . 101.
... horse to its progeny , I think one feature has been over- looked by every one to - day , and I think it was entirely overlooked by Mr. Russell . He said that keeping a horse in a box - stall or a stable , and feeding THE HORSE'S FEET . 101.
Page 102
... feeding high , had a bad effect . That is no doubt true . But you take a horse that is limited to the service of about a dozen mares , and that horse will be very likely to transmit his qualities , whatever they may be , to his progeny ...
... feeding high , had a bad effect . That is no doubt true . But you take a horse that is limited to the service of about a dozen mares , and that horse will be very likely to transmit his qualities , whatever they may be , to his progeny ...
Page 121
... - England farming has been , that we have robbed our grass - land to feed our hoed crops - and our arable lands . We have done it 16 GRASS AND HAY CROP . 121 I think that answers the question sufficiently. At one ...
... - England farming has been , that we have robbed our grass - land to feed our hoed crops - and our arable lands . We have done it 16 GRASS AND HAY CROP . 121 I think that answers the question sufficiently. At one ...
Page 128
... feed- ing clover green by sheep , the soil is decidedly better for a wheat - crop , if the clover is allowed to go to seed , than it would be if the clover were cropped green by any number of sheep . That is an important fact . 8. The ...
... feed- ing clover green by sheep , the soil is decidedly better for a wheat - crop , if the clover is allowed to go to seed , than it would be if the clover were cropped green by any number of sheep . That is an important fact . 8. The ...
Page 130
... feed it too close , you will not see any thing of it the next year ; but , when it is sown on soil fairly well suited to it , I think you can depend upon a good return from the alsike for four or five years at least . It is more like ...
... feed it too close , you will not see any thing of it the next year ; but , when it is sown on soil fairly well suited to it , I think you can depend upon a good return from the alsike for four or five years at least . It is more like ...
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