Transactions of the Essex Agricultural Society from ...Press of Foote & Brown, 1841 |
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Page 11
... 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 bush- el ; and that the additional fertility thus imparted to the soil ...
... 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 bush- el ; and that the additional fertility thus imparted to the soil ...
Page 16
... quantity of this land in the county , fourteen thou- sand one hundred and thirty nine acres , being just about equal to the quantity in tillage . It is well known that a large portion of this salt marsh is com- paratively unproductive ...
... quantity of this land in the county , fourteen thou- sand one hundred and thirty nine acres , being just about equal to the quantity in tillage . It is well known that a large portion of this salt marsh is com- paratively unproductive ...
Page 24
... quantity of stover will more than pay for the excess of labor required in cultivating and harvesting the large crop over that of the small one . He has then added thirty bushels of corn to his crop by means of the twenty loads of manure ...
... quantity of stover will more than pay for the excess of labor required in cultivating and harvesting the large crop over that of the small one . He has then added thirty bushels of corn to his crop by means of the twenty loads of manure ...
Page 34
... quantity any one day , fifty two pounds , or twenty quarts one and a half pint . Her pasture , until the drought came on , was good , after that I gave her some hay and one bag of shorts . Her milk makes the very first rate of butter ...
... quantity any one day , fifty two pounds , or twenty quarts one and a half pint . Her pasture , until the drought came on , was good , after that I gave her some hay and one bag of shorts . Her milk makes the very first rate of butter ...
Page 35
... quantity of milk she gave from the 15th day of May , to the 29th day of September instant , weighed 3,900 pounds . The greatest quan- tity in any one month , was 1,071 pounds , given in June ; the greatest in any one day , was 48 pounds ...
... quantity of milk she gave from the 15th day of May , to the 29th day of September instant , weighed 3,900 pounds . The greatest quan- tity in any one month , was 1,071 pounds , given in June ; the greatest in any one day , was 48 pounds ...
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