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... inches . On the 20th of September their weight was 4,230 lbs .; girt , 7 feet 10 and 11 inches . Gain in seven months , four hundred pounds ; in girt , 8 inches . The expense of keeping for the first three months was $ 32 per month ...
... inches . On the 20th of September their weight was 4,230 lbs .; girt , 7 feet 10 and 11 inches . Gain in seven months , four hundred pounds ; in girt , 8 inches . The expense of keeping for the first three months was $ 32 per month ...
Page 62
... inches deep . When the plants were well up , each hill was covered with a box of netting to keep off the bugs . About the first of July the boxes were taken up , the plants thinned out ( leav- ing four to six in a hill ) and hoed after ...
... inches deep . When the plants were well up , each hill was covered with a box of netting to keep off the bugs . About the first of July the boxes were taken up , the plants thinned out ( leav- ing four to six in a hill ) and hoed after ...
Page 69
... inches of the surface with stones , over which may be placed a layer of leather or wood shavings , and the re- mainder of the trench filled with soil . After providing proper drainage , the entire ground should be spaded to a depth of ...
... inches of the surface with stones , over which may be placed a layer of leather or wood shavings , and the re- mainder of the trench filled with soil . After providing proper drainage , the entire ground should be spaded to a depth of ...
Page 71
... inches of the pear stock will be covered with earth . This will secure the trees against being disturbed by the winds , and will induce , in most instances , roots from the pear . Of several hundred trees upon the quince , planted five ...
... inches of the pear stock will be covered with earth . This will secure the trees against being disturbed by the winds , and will induce , in most instances , roots from the pear . Of several hundred trees upon the quince , planted five ...
Page 83
... inches deep , and the grass appeared to be all killed . His estimate of the cost of seed , and planting an acre of corn , would seem low to those who are in the habit of putting all the manure in the hill . Our impression is , that the ...
... inches deep , and the grass appeared to be all killed . His estimate of the cost of seed , and planting an acre of corn , would seem low to those who are in the habit of putting all the manure in the hill . Our impression is , that the ...
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1st premium 2d premium 50 cents acre Amesbury Andrew Nichols apples barn Benjamin Beurre bone Boxford Bradford bread bull bushels butter cattle cellar Charles Colts Committee award corn cost cows crop cultivation Daniel David Dodge DRAFT HORSES Essex County exhibition farmers feet field flour Flowers fruit George Grapes grass gratuity gratuity of $1 Groveland Haverhill Heifer hill horse improvement inches Insects James John John Danforth Joseph Kimball labor land Lawrence manure Marblehead meadow Merrill Methuen milk Moses Nathaniel National Bank Newb't Newburyport Newhall Nichols North Andover Northend offer for premium onions Ordway oxen pasture pear Peter Wait planted ploughed potatoes pounds premium of $10 productive profitable Putnam quarts ripening Salem Samuel season second premium seed soil South Danvers squashes Stallion STATEMENT Topsfield Treadwell Farm trees turnips varieties Vegetables Ware West Newbury William