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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... seed ; resembling somewhat the Black Hamburgh in color . The vine was found growing in the grounds of Mr. J G. With- erbee , at Port Henry , forty miles north of Whitehall , in latitude 44 deg . The hills at the base of which the vine ...
... seed ; resembling somewhat the Black Hamburgh in color . The vine was found growing in the grounds of Mr. J G. With- erbee , at Port Henry , forty miles north of Whitehall , in latitude 44 deg . The hills at the base of which the vine ...
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... SEED . The usual mode among farmers is to cut their seed potatoes in pieces , leaving one , two or three eyes to each piece , and cutting a few weeks before the time of using them , so that an artificial skin may be formed by the drying ...
... SEED . The usual mode among farmers is to cut their seed potatoes in pieces , leaving one , two or three eyes to each piece , and cutting a few weeks before the time of using them , so that an artificial skin may be formed by the drying ...
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... seed and those covered with six inches of soil . The experi- ments were afterward corroborated by the Phalanx in Monmouth county , N. J. , and by many others since . MANURES . The potato draws from the soil large quantities of potash ...
... seed and those covered with six inches of soil . The experi- ments were afterward corroborated by the Phalanx in Monmouth county , N. J. , and by many others since . MANURES . The potato draws from the soil large quantities of potash ...
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... seed corn , stir it until every grain is covered , then add ashes until the corn is separated . I have never been troubled when I use tar . Prof. Nash . — If the crows won't eat the dry corn sown for them on the surface , as some ...
... seed corn , stir it until every grain is covered , then add ashes until the corn is separated . I have never been troubled when I use tar . Prof. Nash . — If the crows won't eat the dry corn sown for them on the surface , as some ...
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... seed to do it in a shady spot , else the plants were liable to dry up and die before they attain any size . The ground should also be kept moist . When the plants get large enough to prick out , I set them in rows two or three inches ...
... seed to do it in a shady spot , else the plants were liable to dry up and die before they attain any size . The ground should also be kept moist . When the plants get large enough to prick out , I set them in rows two or three inches ...
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