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Fruit crops valued at $ 250 to $ 750 an acre were frequently saved at a cost of seven to ten dollars an acre . A few striking examples are typical of general results . A Colorado grower with fifty heaters to the acre raised the ...
Fruit crops valued at $ 250 to $ 750 an acre were frequently saved at a cost of seven to ten dollars an acre . A few striking examples are typical of general results . A Colorado grower with fifty heaters to the acre raised the ...
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A grower in the Rogue River Valley of Oregon , saved ten acres of apples valued at $ 6,000 , at a cost of $ 6 an acre , where one freeze on May 5 of the previous year had destroyed his entire crop . In a neighboring apple orchard which ...
A grower in the Rogue River Valley of Oregon , saved ten acres of apples valued at $ 6,000 , at a cost of $ 6 an acre , where one freeze on May 5 of the previous year had destroyed his entire crop . In a neighboring apple orchard which ...
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Now , a good steel plow will turn two to three acres of sod per day . Say you use it only thirty days in the year and it lasts fifteen years , then it has turned 1,350 acres and cost about $ 13.50 , which was about one cent per acre .
Now , a good steel plow will turn two to three acres of sod per day . Say you use it only thirty days in the year and it lasts fifteen years , then it has turned 1,350 acres and cost about $ 13.50 , which was about one cent per acre .
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