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Page 26
Prouty and Mears , and , at my request , they made an instrument of very cheap
and simple construction , consisting of a wooden beam , about three inches
square , and three feet long , with three tines or teeth of the common cultivator ,
placed ...
Prouty and Mears , and , at my request , they made an instrument of very cheap
and simple construction , consisting of a wooden beam , about three inches
square , and three feet long , with three tines or teeth of the common cultivator ,
placed ...
Page 55
Five hundred are five years old ; two thousand are three years , and two
thousand are two years ; those of five years , are from three to six feet high ; those
of three years , are from two to four feet ; and those of two , are from two to three
feet in ...
Five hundred are five years old ; two thousand are three years , and two
thousand are two years ; those of five years , are from three to six feet high ; those
of three years , are from two to four feet ; and those of two , are from two to three
feet in ...
Page 56
Many of these trees , together with the remainder of the same lot from the cellar ,
were transplanted last May to a better piece of ground , but which had no manure
last year , and half a cord only of compost manure was strewed in furrows 3 feet ...
Many of these trees , together with the remainder of the same lot from the cellar ,
were transplanted last May to a better piece of ground , but which had no manure
last year , and half a cord only of compost manure was strewed in furrows 3 feet ...
Page 66
In the spring , it was cross - ploughed , and harrowed , and four cords of manure
from the cellar , were spread over , when it was again ploughed and furrowed at
a distance of three feet four inches one way , and three feet six inches the other .
In the spring , it was cross - ploughed , and harrowed , and four cords of manure
from the cellar , were spread over , when it was again ploughed and furrowed at
a distance of three feet four inches one way , and three feet six inches the other .
Page 67
... manure spread upon the acre - the ground ploughed and harrowed . It was
then furrowed four feet by three and a half feet - four ON CROPS . 67.
... manure spread upon the acre - the ground ploughed and harrowed . It was
then furrowed four feet by three and a half feet - four ON CROPS . 67.
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