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It is often the case , that the effect of manuring is in a great measure lost from the
shallowness or lightness of the soil , or the nature of the ... The only cure for this
description of soils , is to make them over , in other words , to create a soil .
It is often the case , that the effect of manuring is in a great measure lost from the
shallowness or lightness of the soil , or the nature of the ... The only cure for this
description of soils , is to make them over , in other words , to create a soil .
Page 95
The largest possible production must require the best soil ; agricultural skill is
independent of the soil on which it is exercised , and displays itself in overcoming
the difficulties of the ground , and rendering it , in spite of them , subservient to its
...
The largest possible production must require the best soil ; agricultural skill is
independent of the soil on which it is exercised , and displays itself in overcoming
the difficulties of the ground , and rendering it , in spite of them , subservient to its
...
Page 115
And as by reference to the annexed table of soils analyzed by Professor
Hitchcock , it will be seen that all our soils ... and more easily digesting it , will
flourish better in a soil poor in its percentage of lime than wheat will in the same
soil . And as ...
And as by reference to the annexed table of soils analyzed by Professor
Hitchcock , it will be seen that all our soils ... and more easily digesting it , will
flourish better in a soil poor in its percentage of lime than wheat will in the same
soil . And as ...
Page 120
sieve , only , but the quantity or percentage in the whole soil . How much in a
given measure of land . I would substitute for the first rule something like the
following : Take a measure of the soil , ( and this measure may be from a halt pint
to a ...
sieve , only , but the quantity or percentage in the whole soil . How much in a
given measure of land . I would substitute for the first rule something like the
following : Take a measure of the soil , ( and this measure may be from a halt pint
to a ...
Page 123
... 49 50 51 Mica Slate Soil - Lunenburg , do do Bradford , do do West Newbury ,
do do Methuen , Talcose Slate Soil - Chester , west part , Gneiss Soil - Tewksbury
, do Bolton , do Tyngsborough , do Hardwick , do do Leicester , do Sturbridge ...
... 49 50 51 Mica Slate Soil - Lunenburg , do do Bradford , do do West Newbury ,
do do Methuen , Talcose Slate Soil - Chester , west part , Gneiss Soil - Tewksbury
, do Bolton , do Tyngsborough , do Hardwick , do do Leicester , do Sturbridge ...
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