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... manure applied on the crops cultivated , and various other things ; therefore there is no gen- eral rule to be applied , but every cultivator of the soil must be governed by the circumstances in which he is placed . There were eight ...
... manure applied on the crops cultivated , and various other things ; therefore there is no gen- eral rule to be applied , but every cultivator of the soil must be governed by the circumstances in which he is placed . There were eight ...
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... MANURES . The Committee on Manures report that there was transferred to them , by the Committee of last year , the statement of Benja- min P. Ware of Marblehead , of his first year's experiment upon the proper depth of applying manure ...
... MANURES . The Committee on Manures report that there was transferred to them , by the Committee of last year , the statement of Benja- min P. Ware of Marblehead , of his first year's experiment upon the proper depth of applying manure ...
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... manure to the farm : — " I find the action of manure taken fresh from the yards in July so satisfactory , that I feel no inducement whatever to keep back the more costly , well - rotted manure for this purpose . With the uncertainty how ...
... manure to the farm : — " I find the action of manure taken fresh from the yards in July so satisfactory , that I feel no inducement whatever to keep back the more costly , well - rotted manure for this purpose . With the uncertainty how ...
Page 95
... manure upon any of the five lots . I propose to continue the experiment upon lot No. 6 , by the spreading upon the furrows , after the cross - ploughing , fine com- post manure , composed of meadow mud , sea - kelp and stablǝ manure ...
... manure upon any of the five lots . I propose to continue the experiment upon lot No. 6 , by the spreading upon the furrows , after the cross - ploughing , fine com- post manure , composed of meadow mud , sea - kelp and stablǝ manure ...
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... manure for this year , The effects of manure upon the second year's crop , may be seen by deducting the weight of the crop of No. 5 from the crop of No. 1 , which is 8 tons 860 lbs . , at $ 8 , $ 152 56 45.00 $ 107 56 6744 Which , added ...
... manure for this year , The effects of manure upon the second year's crop , may be seen by deducting the weight of the crop of No. 5 from the crop of No. 1 , which is 8 tons 860 lbs . , at $ 8 , $ 152 56 45.00 $ 107 56 6744 Which , added ...
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1st premium 2d premium 50 cents acre agriculture amount award barn bees Benjamin Berry birds Boxford bread breed bushels butter cattle Charles Committee corn cranberry crop cultivation culture Daniel Dodge dollars Draft Horses Essex exhibited experiment farmers feed feet flock flowers fruit George Georgetown grain grapes grass gratuity Groveland harrowed Haverhill Heifers hive honey horses hundred inches deep insects John Jonathan Berry Joseph June labor land Lawrence Loring manure Marblehead Merino Methuen milk Moist North Andover Ordway oxen pasture Peter Wait plants ploughed potatoes pounds prem produced profitable Putnam raised roots ruta bagas S. A. Merrill Salem Samuel season second premium seed sheep Society soil South Danvers sowed squashes STATEMENT swarm tion tons Topsfield Treadwell Farm trees Trustees turnips varieties vegetables vines Ware weighed West Newbury wheat William wool wurzel
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Page 26 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it : thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly : thou settlest the furrows thereof : thou makest it soft with showers : thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures...
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