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 142
... milk in- volves the improvement of pasture - lands to an extent which will enable them to meet the demand made upon them for a greatly increased supply . Our pasture soils differ greatly in quality . Many of them are rocky , thin , and ...
... milk in- volves the improvement of pasture - lands to an extent which will enable them to meet the demand made upon them for a greatly increased supply . Our pasture soils differ greatly in quality . Many of them are rocky , thin , and ...
Page 146
... milk in a herd of dairy cows than green corn or any other soiling - crop , while it possesses incidental advantages which recommend it for general use . Some chemists think they have discovered the corner - stone on which all economical ...
... milk in a herd of dairy cows than green corn or any other soiling - crop , while it possesses incidental advantages which recommend it for general use . Some chemists think they have discovered the corner - stone on which all economical ...
Page 151
... milk . The fall follow- ing I sowed winter rye , and in the spring I had a good catch of that . Remember , that , before I put in my rye , I put in manure . I never plough a piece of land without IMPROVEMENT OF PASTURES . 151.
... milk . The fall follow- ing I sowed winter rye , and in the spring I had a good catch of that . Remember , that , before I put in my rye , I put in manure . I never plough a piece of land without IMPROVEMENT OF PASTURES . 151.
Page 152
... milk to a calf , if you wanted to bring it up , -give it early . If we take off crops , we must put something back to feed the crops . The idea goes from one to another , that this thing and that thing is an exhauster of the soil . Let ...
... milk to a calf , if you wanted to bring it up , -give it early . If we take off crops , we must put something back to feed the crops . The idea goes from one to another , that this thing and that thing is an exhauster of the soil . Let ...
Page 154
... milk with- out good feed . I do not think there is any thing cheaper to make milk than corn - fodder . If you can raise as much forage from an acre of corn as you can from an acre of grass , say raise it , and feed it to your cows . I ...
... milk with- out good feed . I do not think there is any thing cheaper to make milk than corn - fodder . If you can raise as much forage from an acre of corn as you can from an acre of grass , say raise it , and feed it to your cows . I ...
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