Transactions of the Essex Agricultural Society from ...Press of Foote & Brown, 1841 |
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Page 9
... applied and ex- pended , increases the power of production , so that it would be difficult to prescribe the limit , beyond which production might not be carried . I am not now speaking in reference to modes of husbandry or cultivation ...
... applied and ex- pended , increases the power of production , so that it would be difficult to prescribe the limit , beyond which production might not be carried . I am not now speaking in reference to modes of husbandry or cultivation ...
Page 11
... applied to an acre of ground planted with Indian corn , over and above the usual quantity allowed for this purpose , would be compen- sated the first year , in the increased production of the crop , estimating the corn at one dollar the ...
... applied to an acre of ground planted with Indian corn , over and above the usual quantity allowed for this purpose , would be compen- sated the first year , in the increased production of the crop , estimating the corn at one dollar the ...
Page 12
... applied to agriculture , will enable the Essex far- mer to convert his sterile soils into fields of fertility and abundance , with the greatest advantage and pro- fit . Many farmers among us complain much of their light and barren soils ...
... applied to agriculture , will enable the Essex far- mer to convert his sterile soils into fields of fertility and abundance , with the greatest advantage and pro- fit . Many farmers among us complain much of their light and barren soils ...
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... applied in making our own ancient and honored county the garden and orna- ment of the state - rich in its various and useful productions , and the home of a contented , moral , intelligent and thrifty yeomanry . APPENDIX . NOTE . A ...
... applied in making our own ancient and honored county the garden and orna- ment of the state - rich in its various and useful productions , and the home of a contented , moral , intelligent and thrifty yeomanry . APPENDIX . NOTE . A ...
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... applied , the greater will be the profit ; they therefore manure sparingly , plough shallow , and the consequence is , get poorly paid for their labor . This has raised a prejudice and given a disrelish to the business of farming ...
... applied , the greater will be the profit ; they therefore manure sparingly , plough shallow , and the consequence is , get poorly paid for their labor . This has raised a prejudice and given a disrelish to the business of farming ...
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