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... soil , as a general fact , is not remarkable for its fertility or productions . Agriculture is not regarded as the chief or main interest of the county , and is very gen- erally held , as a pursuit , in secondary estimation . Trade and ...
... soil , as a general fact , is not remarkable for its fertility or productions . Agriculture is not regarded as the chief or main interest of the county , and is very gen- erally held , as a pursuit , in secondary estimation . Trade and ...
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... soil , in a state more or less decomposed , we in fact furnish the same essence which enters into the composition of the germinating and living plant . In supplying ma- nures to the soil , we return to it the same elementary substances ...
... soil , in a state more or less decomposed , we in fact furnish the same essence which enters into the composition of the germinating and living plant . In supplying ma- nures to the soil , we return to it the same elementary substances ...
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... soil , available in the greatly increased produc- tions of future years , would be the net profit . He further assured me , and in this I am certain he would be confirmed by the most successful cultivators in our county , that the great ...
... soil , available in the greatly increased produc- tions of future years , would be the net profit . He further assured me , and in this I am certain he would be confirmed by the most successful cultivators in our county , that the great ...
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... soils , is to make them over , in other words , to create a soil . This operation , however , in the old modes of husbandry , was found to be too expensive , and not such as to commend itself to any great extent to the judgment of ...
... soils , is to make them over , in other words , to create a soil . This operation , however , in the old modes of husbandry , was found to be too expensive , and not such as to commend itself to any great extent to the judgment of ...
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... soils ; viz : manuring , and altering its texture , depth , and properties , by tillage and other means , I shall now advert to another mode , which claims especial consideration in this county ; I mean , chang- ing the relation of the soil ...
... soils ; viz : manuring , and altering its texture , depth , and properties , by tillage and other means , I shall now advert to another mode , which claims especial consideration in this county ; I mean , chang- ing the relation of the soil ...
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