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 126
... grasses are in that condition . They want to wait a little while ; and , if they wait long enough for the red - top and Timothy to be ready to cut , the orchard - grass has become comparatively worthless ; for it has gone to seed , and ...
... grasses are in that condition . They want to wait a little while ; and , if they wait long enough for the red - top and Timothy to be ready to cut , the orchard - grass has become comparatively worthless ; for it has gone to seed , and ...
Page 128
... seed than when it is mown for hay . In consequence , more nitrogen is left after clover - seed than after hay ... grass - crop or for a grain - crop as the nitrogen which is left after a crop of clover , either cut for hay or ripened for seed ...
... seed than when it is mown for hay . In consequence , more nitrogen is left after clover - seed than after hay ... grass - crop or for a grain - crop as the nitrogen which is left after a crop of clover , either cut for hay or ripened for seed ...
Page 129
... grass - seeds , on dif- ferent soils , and continued to study it with considerable care . The seed was higher than red clover at that time ; and it dis- couraged a great many farmers from using it ; but it is lower now . A pound of ...
... grass - seeds , on dif- ferent soils , and continued to study it with considerable care . The seed was higher than red clover at that time ; and it dis- couraged a great many farmers from using it ; but it is lower now . A pound of ...
Page 130
... seed down with orchard - grass , meadow - fescue , and other early grasses and red clover , without putting in some of the alsike also . If I were going to sow red clover alone , I should sow twelve or fifteen pounds of seed ; but I ...
... seed down with orchard - grass , meadow - fescue , and other early grasses and red clover , without putting in some of the alsike also . If I were going to sow red clover alone , I should sow twelve or fifteen pounds of seed ; but I ...
Page 131
... seed is Orchard - Grass . Meadow - Fescue . extravagantly high . You can buy meadow - fescue at thirty cents a quart ; you can buy perennial rye - grass at fifteen cents a quart . It is lower than Timothy , red - top , or orchard ...
... seed is Orchard - Grass . Meadow - Fescue . extravagantly high . You can buy meadow - fescue at thirty cents a quart ; you can buy perennial rye - grass at fifteen cents a quart . It is lower than Timothy , red - top , or orchard ...
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