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 47
... quantity of guano or any other fertilizer of that kind . Very few of us can afford , in my opinion , to buy these fertilizers . If we have our ground filled with manure , and wish to force a crop very early , then an appli- cation of a ...
... quantity of guano or any other fertilizer of that kind . Very few of us can afford , in my opinion , to buy these fertilizers . If we have our ground filled with manure , and wish to force a crop very early , then an appli- cation of a ...
Page 50
... quantity ? The CHAIRMAN . One thousand pounds to the acre . " I have learned better than to expect to raise a large crop on nothing . I can't do it . QUESTION . What amount of seed did your neighbor use ? The CHAIRMAN . He sowed the ...
... quantity ? The CHAIRMAN . One thousand pounds to the acre . " I have learned better than to expect to raise a large crop on nothing . I can't do it . QUESTION . What amount of seed did your neighbor use ? The CHAIRMAN . He sowed the ...
Page 54
... quantities to produce a good crop . ― I was satisfied from the experience I had had , and from the experiments which ... quantity of onion - seed sown on an acre . I planted an onion - field this year ; and , in my ignorance ; I did not ...
... quantities to produce a good crop . ― I was satisfied from the experience I had had , and from the experiments which ... quantity of onion - seed sown on an acre . I planted an onion - field this year ; and , in my ignorance ; I did not ...
Page 57
... quantity of those stems , and cut them up with a hatchet upon a block , as you would cut up hay to feed horses ; and then I collected it all in a basket , and went to my melon and cucumber vines , and laid it about two inches thick all ...
... quantity of those stems , and cut them up with a hatchet upon a block , as you would cut up hay to feed horses ; and then I collected it all in a basket , and went to my melon and cucumber vines , and laid it about two inches thick all ...
Page 59
... quantity and size ; so that I think it will be a great help when the land is highly manured . I do not think it will do much if any good in raising a crop of vege- tables or any thing else , unless the land is well manured before it is ...
... quantity and size ; so that I think it will be a great help when the land is highly manured . I do not think it will do much if any good in raising a crop of vege- tables or any thing else , unless the land is well manured before it is ...
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