Transactions of the Essex Agricultural Society from ...Press of Foote & Brown, 1847 |
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... covered with underbrush , weeds and water - grass , which have been abandoned to the caprices of nature ever since the ark rested on Mount Ararat , do in reality possess intrinsic value . These deep meadows , which send forth from their ...
... covered with underbrush , weeds and water - grass , which have been abandoned to the caprices of nature ever since the ark rested on Mount Ararat , do in reality possess intrinsic value . These deep meadows , which send forth from their ...
Page 9
... covered pits , so as to check the escape of the drain- age . " How many farmers in the County , leave their manure ex- posed to sun , and air and rain , for half the year ! Are there not some who will tell you that it is improved by the ...
... covered pits , so as to check the escape of the drain- age . " How many farmers in the County , leave their manure ex- posed to sun , and air and rain , for half the year ! Are there not some who will tell you that it is improved by the ...
Page 38
... covering the land , I applied about thirty bushels of dry ashes ; then passed over the land with a cultivator ... covered with parsley ; so that I was fearful the crop was spoiled . We immediate- ly applied ourselves to pulling ...
... covering the land , I applied about thirty bushels of dry ashes ; then passed over the land with a cultivator ... covered with parsley ; so that I was fearful the crop was spoiled . We immediate- ly applied ourselves to pulling ...
Page 47
... covered with wood - wax and barberry bushes ( entirely worthless for neat stock ) which has ex- ceeded my most sanguine expectations . While the sheep have done well , the wood - wax has decreased nearly one half , I think in a few ...
... covered with wood - wax and barberry bushes ( entirely worthless for neat stock ) which has ex- ceeded my most sanguine expectations . While the sheep have done well , the wood - wax has decreased nearly one half , I think in a few ...
Page 67
... covered closely from the air , and placed upon the bottom of the dairy cellar . Yours , respectfully , Wenham , September 29 , 1847 . G. W. DODGE . ON TURNING IN GREEN CROPS FOR MANURE . This subject is one of interest , and deserves ...
... covered closely from the air , and placed upon the bottom of the dairy cellar . Yours , respectfully , Wenham , September 29 , 1847 . G. W. DODGE . ON TURNING IN GREEN CROPS FOR MANURE . This subject is one of interest , and deserves ...
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1st premium acre Agriculture Andover ANDREW NICHOLS animals apple awarded Beverly breed bushels bushes butter carrots cattle churning Committee compost cords cranberry cream crop cultivation dairy Daniel Danvers ditches Dodge dollars Essex Essex County exhibited experiment farm farmers feed feet fodder four fowls fruit trees furrows GENTLEMEN,-I grain grass gratuity gravel ground grow growth half harrowed heifer Henry Poor horse hundred improvement inches Indian corn Ipswich John Jonathan Berry June kind labor land loam Lynn Lynnfield maize manure Marblehead meadow Milch Cows milk Moses Newhall nursery offer for premium onions opinion orchard pasture pear planted plough potatoes pounds present produce profitable Putnam quantity quarts raised respectfully roots rows Salem salt season second premium seed Sept September Society soil sowed spring stalks STATEMENT Stephen Osborn subsoil teams Topsfield turnip varieties vegetable weeds West Newbury winter yield