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... inches deep . The ave- rage width of the furrows was a little less than twelve inches , and the average time of performance was about thirty - six minutes . The Committee would have been happy , had it been in their power to have ...
... inches deep . The ave- rage width of the furrows was a little less than twelve inches , and the average time of performance was about thirty - six minutes . The Committee would have been happy , had it been in their power to have ...
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... inches . The subsoil plough was drawn by three horses , and completely stirred and loosened nine inches deeper 28 ON PLOUGHING .
... inches . The subsoil plough was drawn by three horses , and completely stirred and loosened nine inches deeper 28 ON PLOUGHING .
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... inches ( and we scarcely know any that do not ) such a preparation of the soil must unquestionably be serviceable . We can scarcely conceive of a case , where it will be considered prejudicial . The Committee take pleasure in awarding ...
... inches ( and we scarcely know any that do not ) such a preparation of the soil must unquestionably be serviceable . We can scarcely conceive of a case , where it will be considered prejudicial . The Committee take pleasure in awarding ...
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... inches , leaving the land much lighter , and much easier worked and cultivated after the ploughing . The labor of ploughing I consider double . One fact is settled with me from my small experience , which is , that I have a full ...
... inches , leaving the land much lighter , and much easier worked and cultivated after the ploughing . The labor of ploughing I consider double . One fact is settled with me from my small experience , which is , that I have a full ...
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... inches deep . Wed twice thoroughly , and once after haying . Raised two hundred and fifty bushels . On the carrot ground , there was one - quarter part more onions , than on the beet ground ; and they came forward earlier and fairer ...
... inches deep . Wed twice thoroughly , and once after haying . Raised two hundred and fifty bushels . On the carrot ground , there was one - quarter part more onions , than on the beet ground ; and they came forward earlier and fairer ...
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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