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Page 99
The new ground was rolled , and compost manure , at the rate of about four cords
per acre , spread on the whole and harrowed in . No manure was put in the hill , it
was all spread . The corn was planted about three feet and four inches apart .
The new ground was rolled , and compost manure , at the rate of about four cords
per acre , spread on the whole and harrowed in . No manure was put in the hill , it
was all spread . The corn was planted about three feet and four inches apart .
Page 67
1 , James Flanders , measured the above corn , and testify that the number of
bushels , as within stated , 105 , was raised from an acre of ground . JAMES
FLANDERS . This may certify , that I measured and staked off the above
mentioned acre ...
1 , James Flanders , measured the above corn , and testify that the number of
bushels , as within stated , 105 , was raised from an acre of ground . JAMES
FLANDERS . This may certify , that I measured and staked off the above
mentioned acre ...
Page 71
I sowed four bushels on the lot ; when my oats were got in they were very dry ,
and those that saw them thought there were as many shelled out on the ground
as were sowed , for they came up very thick , and made good fall feed .
I sowed four bushels on the lot ; when my oats were got in they were very dry ,
and those that saw them thought there were as many shelled out on the ground
as were sowed , for they came up very thick , and made good fall feed .
Page 97
This method is now in use at my own domicil , and I find it attended with very little
trouble . If the floors of stables , heaps and reservoirs of manure be strewed from
time to time with ground gypsum , they will lose all offensive smell , and none of ...
This method is now in use at my own domicil , and I find it attended with very little
trouble . If the floors of stables , heaps and reservoirs of manure be strewed from
time to time with ground gypsum , they will lose all offensive smell , and none of ...
Page 99
J. C. Curran , Esq . M. P. , to cleanse his foul grounds without resorting to fallows ,
planted them with cabbages , in a ... and the ground , poor cold clay soil , was as
completely freed from weeds as it could have been by a naked fallow .
J. C. Curran , Esq . M. P. , to cleanse his foul grounds without resorting to fallows ,
planted them with cabbages , in a ... and the ground , poor cold clay soil , was as
completely freed from weeds as it could have been by a naked fallow .
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