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... sowed down to grass . Yours , very truly , DEAN ROBINSON . To J. W. PROCTOR , Esq . WORKING OXEN . The Committee on Working Oxen have attended to the duty as- signed them , and REPORT : That twelve pair of working oxen were entered for ...
... sowed down to grass . Yours , very truly , DEAN ROBINSON . To J. W. PROCTOR , Esq . WORKING OXEN . The Committee on Working Oxen have attended to the duty as- signed them , and REPORT : That twelve pair of working oxen were entered for ...
Page 37
... sowed grass - seed on the land , which took well , and has continued since to yield at least two tons to the acre . In 1845 , I took a piece of elevated ground , three - quarters of an acre , rocky , hard land , strong , black soil ...
... sowed grass - seed on the land , which took well , and has continued since to yield at least two tons to the acre . In 1845 , I took a piece of elevated ground , three - quarters of an acre , rocky , hard land , strong , black soil ...
Page 38
... Sowed about three pounds of seed to the acre . Wed as heretofore . About one - eighth part of the lot was cut of by the grubb - worm - a very vexatious vis- itor , and one that demands close squeezing . I gathered and sold two two ...
... Sowed about three pounds of seed to the acre . Wed as heretofore . About one - eighth part of the lot was cut of by the grubb - worm - a very vexatious vis- itor , and one that demands close squeezing . I gathered and sold two two ...
Page 41
... sowed part flat and part round . The flat yielded at the rate of four hundred and twenty bushels to the The round yielded at the rate of five hundred and thirty - three bushels to the acre . No difference in the land or treatment . I ...
... sowed part flat and part round . The flat yielded at the rate of four hundred and twenty bushels to the The round yielded at the rate of five hundred and thirty - three bushels to the acre . No difference in the land or treatment . I ...
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... Sowed the seed about the 10th of May , by a drill machine , in rows , fourteen inches apart , the lot was sixteen rods long , and contained 78 rows . I sowed half a pound of seed of the short horn carrot . Wed them twice . Pulled the ...
... Sowed the seed about the 10th of May , by a drill machine , in rows , fourteen inches apart , the lot was sixteen rods long , and contained 78 rows . I sowed half a pound of seed of the short horn carrot . Wed them twice . Pulled the ...
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