Annual Report of the American Institute of the City of New YorkC. van Benthuysen., 1863 1st-32d 1841-1871/72 issued also as Legislative documents. |
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Page 45
... five cents per bushel , than to sell Mercers at the usual market price . Where the Prince Alberts are grown on a clay loam and the land is in good heart , the quality of the potato is fair . On such soils the yield is very large ; I ...
... five cents per bushel , than to sell Mercers at the usual market price . Where the Prince Alberts are grown on a clay loam and the land is in good heart , the quality of the potato is fair . On such soils the yield is very large ; I ...
Page 48
... five to thirty two - horse wagon loads to the acre to produce an average yield . Common raw muck is a good manure for potatoes , and strange to say it is almost worthless in that state for any other crop . CULTIVATION . The cultivation ...
... five to thirty two - horse wagon loads to the acre to produce an average yield . Common raw muck is a good manure for potatoes , and strange to say it is almost worthless in that state for any other crop . CULTIVATION . The cultivation ...
Page 56
... five years . Some kinds of plums are very much less liable to be affected by black knot and curculio than others . There is one common sort on Long Island , called horse plum , that is most affected by black knot . The Damson plum is ...
... five years . Some kinds of plums are very much less liable to be affected by black knot and curculio than others . There is one common sort on Long Island , called horse plum , that is most affected by black knot . The Damson plum is ...
Page 58
... five bushels an acre . If land is highly manured , and the strawberry vines allowed to run year after year , it will become a nest of weeds and grass , and produce but little fruit . Rev. Mr. Weaver . - If you have hard pan you must go ...
... five bushels an acre . If land is highly manured , and the strawberry vines allowed to run year after year , it will become a nest of weeds and grass , and produce but little fruit . Rev. Mr. Weaver . - If you have hard pan you must go ...
Page 59
... five or six in a hoeful of dirt , and my men said the worms would eat up the corn . As soon as we harrowed , and the soil was opened , a few crows came one night to pick up worms , and I kept them undisturbed , sowing a pint of corn ...
... five or six in a hoeful of dirt , and my men said the worms would eat up the corn . As soon as we harrowed , and the soil was opened , a few crows came one night to pick up worms , and I kept them undisturbed , sowing a pint of corn ...
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