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Your field is our Land , Immortal the fruits it shall yield to your hand . Match your
strength to your day - Sow to God , the good Giver , And ring out your Harvest -
Home once and forever ! REPORTS , & C . PLOUGHING - WITH DOUBLE
TEAMS ...
Your field is our Land , Immortal the fruits it shall yield to your hand . Match your
strength to your day - Sow to God , the good Giver , And ring out your Harvest -
Home once and forever ! REPORTS , & C . PLOUGHING - WITH DOUBLE
TEAMS ...
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We would take a full blood Chester Boar , with any deep well - marked Sow , (
such we have very often found among the Columbia County hogs ) ; from them
we will get a variety of pigs that , with liberal and judicious feeding , will weigh , at
the ...
We would take a full blood Chester Boar , with any deep well - marked Sow , (
such we have very often found among the Columbia County hogs ) ; from them
we will get a variety of pigs that , with liberal and judicious feeding , will weigh , at
the ...
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June 1st , I sowed with orange globe mangolds in drills , twenty inches apart , ten
drills in each lot , using no 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 ...
June 1st , I sowed with orange globe mangolds in drills , twenty inches apart , ten
drills in each lot , using no 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 ...
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... Turnips , raised for the market , I submit the following statement :Some of the
earliest and best varieties of turnips , for market and table use , with which I am
acquainted , are the following : The Flat Dutch is a good sort for early sowing .
... Turnips , raised for the market , I submit the following statement :Some of the
earliest and best varieties of turnips , for market and table use , with which I am
acquainted , are the following : The Flat Dutch is a good sort for early sowing .
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Sowed in spring , with corn , the turnip , when matured , resembled the Ruta -
Baga . Sowed by a machine upon the surface where manure was spread , and
raked fine , the same variety of turnip was nearly flat , of handsome form . The
reason ...
Sowed in spring , with corn , the turnip , when matured , resembled the Ruta -
Baga . Sowed by a machine upon the surface where manure was spread , and
raked fine , the same variety of turnip was nearly flat , of handsome form . The
reason ...
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