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... meadows , which send forth from their dark bosoms the chilling dampness of disease and death , adding to the coldness and poverty of the adjoining highlands , by their unhealthy evaporations , seem to be so placed by him who made the ...
... meadows , which send forth from their dark bosoms the chilling dampness of disease and death , adding to the coldness and poverty of the adjoining highlands , by their unhealthy evaporations , seem to be so placed by him who made the ...
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... meadows capable of being easily reclaimed , and made as fertile almost as the prairies of the West , remain as they were a hundred years ago . Every year the unchecked clumps of bushes and briars are making greater inroads upon our open ...
... meadows capable of being easily reclaimed , and made as fertile almost as the prairies of the West , remain as they were a hundred years ago . Every year the unchecked clumps of bushes and briars are making greater inroads upon our open ...
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... meadow mud , dug in the August previous and kelp ( taken from the sea - shore during the Winter ) in equal propor- tions , the whole being thoroughly mixed and pulverized before spread- ing , at the rate of eight cords per acre , which ...
... meadow mud , dug in the August previous and kelp ( taken from the sea - shore during the Winter ) in equal propor- tions , the whole being thoroughly mixed and pulverized before spread- ing , at the rate of eight cords per acre , which ...
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... meadow bed , on the 15th day of May , put into a cornfield soil , and then with nothing but the rain of Heaven upon ... meadows . The quantity , as will be seen by the statement below , is one bushel and thirteen quarts . The land was ...
... meadow bed , on the 15th day of May , put into a cornfield soil , and then with nothing but the rain of Heaven upon ... meadows . The quantity , as will be seen by the statement below , is one bushel and thirteen quarts . The land was ...
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... meadow , Setting cranberry vines , Cultivating and hoeing , $ 2 5 4 ++ $ 17 In regard to the growth of the vine , they all appear to be alive , and the runners have extended from one inch to three feet in every direction . Oct. 14 ...
... meadow , Setting cranberry vines , Cultivating and hoeing , $ 2 5 4 ++ $ 17 In regard to the growth of the vine , they all appear to be alive , and the runners have extended from one inch to three feet in every direction . Oct. 14 ...
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