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 44
... ground has tried experiments in the hopes of finding some specific to prevent its ravages . Although thousands of pages have been written . emanating from various sources , each proposing remedies , still no definite remedy is yet known ...
... ground has tried experiments in the hopes of finding some specific to prevent its ravages . Although thousands of pages have been written . emanating from various sources , each proposing remedies , still no definite remedy is yet known ...
Page 45
... ground replete with sufficient available material to perfect the crop . Some writers have asserted that the rot was an inherent disease , and that water was an agent in its development . There seems to be some truth in this statement ...
... ground replete with sufficient available material to perfect the crop . Some writers have asserted that the rot was an inherent disease , and that water was an agent in its development . There seems to be some truth in this statement ...
Page 46
... ground is plowed , harrowed , cultivated or otherwise disturbed , mark out furrows three feet apart with a double mold- board plow , about six or eight inches deep . When it is not con- venient to subsoil after the surface , then run a ...
... ground is plowed , harrowed , cultivated or otherwise disturbed , mark out furrows three feet apart with a double mold- board plow , about six or eight inches deep . When it is not con- venient to subsoil after the surface , then run a ...
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... ground loose and entirely free from weeds . It is to the farmer's interest to accomplish these objects at the least possible cost . This may be done by the use of the lifting subsoil plow , and Knox's or Howes ' horse hoe . When the ...
... ground loose and entirely free from weeds . It is to the farmer's interest to accomplish these objects at the least possible cost . This may be done by the use of the lifting subsoil plow , and Knox's or Howes ' horse hoe . When the ...
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... ground Mr. Weaver speaks of is certainly well prepared , though too expensively for a large plantation . I would not use unfermented manure , but would use compost . I apply wood ashes , plaster , and some salt . In ground prepared like ...
... ground Mr. Weaver speaks of is certainly well prepared , though too expensively for a large plantation . I would not use unfermented manure , but would use compost . I apply wood ashes , plaster , and some salt . In ground prepared like ...
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