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 119
... grass was simply a staminate , or male plant ; and the other a pistillate , or female plant , both belonging to the same species . Of course the seed is produced only on the pistillate plants . Another class of grasses may be called the ...
... grass was simply a staminate , or male plant ; and the other a pistillate , or female plant , both belonging to the same species . Of course the seed is produced only on the pistillate plants . Another class of grasses may be called the ...
Page 122
... grass- lands , and a little less perhaps , comparatively , to their ... seed or two was stuck in with them . The manure in the hill was sufficient ... grass - seed with them . He would cut his oats some time in midsummer , or a little ...
... grass- lands , and a little less perhaps , comparatively , to their ... seed or two was stuck in with them . The manure in the hill was sufficient ... grass - seed with them . He would cut his oats some time in midsummer , or a little ...
Page 123
... grass - lands were run out until an average hay - crop was less than a ton to the acre ! I say we have made some ... seed in our mixtures . You know our forefathers , the Pilgrims and Puritans , sowed no grass - seed whatever . They ...
... grass - lands were run out until an average hay - crop was less than a ton to the acre ! I say we have made some ... seed in our mixtures . You know our forefathers , the Pilgrims and Puritans , sowed no grass - seed whatever . They ...
Page 124
... grasses , they marked that spot . This man had gone up in the summer , and had found what he called " Broad Meadow ... grass - seed , I say , for some years . They had not been accustomed to it . The first Eu- ropean dwellers upon ...
... grasses , they marked that spot . This man had gone up in the summer , and had found what he called " Broad Meadow ... grass - seed , I say , for some years . They had not been accustomed to it . The first Eu- ropean dwellers upon ...
Page 125
... seed , when reckoned by measure . But grass - seeds differ very much in weight . A bushel of one kind will contain a vastly greater number of seeds than a bushel of some other kinds . Now , what I wish to suggest is , to select , in the ...
... seed , when reckoned by measure . But grass - seeds differ very much in weight . A bushel of one kind will contain a vastly greater number of seeds than a bushel of some other kinds . Now , what I wish to suggest is , to select , in the ...
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