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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... acre of ground with a drag which will drag a space eight feet wide in a very short time ; and it does perfect work , and leaves the ground in very nice condition for the coming up of the crop that is to follow . I did not intend to take ...
... acre of ground with a drag which will drag a space eight feet wide in a very short time ; and it does perfect work , and leaves the ground in very nice condition for the coming up of the crop that is to follow . I did not intend to take ...
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... very strong solution of sulphur ; and yet I have never found any difficulty . It is a very inexpensive remedy . I have used it freely in the open vineyard , syringing an acre of vines with this solution PREVENTION OF FUNGUS GROWTH . 43.
... very strong solution of sulphur ; and yet I have never found any difficulty . It is a very inexpensive remedy . I have used it freely in the open vineyard , syringing an acre of vines with this solution PREVENTION OF FUNGUS GROWTH . 43.
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Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture. vineyard , syringing an acre of vines with this solution , and have found it produce a most important effect , though , of course , the seeds are propagated with wonderful rapidity , and in ...
Massachusetts. State Board of Agriculture. vineyard , syringing an acre of vines with this solution , and have found it produce a most important effect , though , of course , the seeds are propagated with wonderful rapidity , and in ...
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... acre that had been lying four years without any manure , badly run out , neither grassed over nor weeded over . I ploughed it about the first of August , rolled it , harrowed it pretty thoroughly , and put on two barrels of Bradley's ...
... acre that had been lying four years without any manure , badly run out , neither grassed over nor weeded over . I ploughed it about the first of August , rolled it , harrowed it pretty thoroughly , and put on two barrels of Bradley's ...
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... acre . I live at the limit , fifteen miles ; and therefore I should expect five hundred dollars per acre . I have not received that amount ; and therefore I think part of it must apply to those nearer Boston , -seven or eight or nine ...
... acre . I live at the limit , fifteen miles ; and therefore I should expect five hundred dollars per acre . I have not received that amount ; and therefore I think part of it must apply to those nearer Boston , -seven or eight or nine ...
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