Annual Report of the Missouri State Board of AgricultureMissouri State Board of Agriculture, 1901 |
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... land of north Missouri or on the rocky soil of the south . Our great state is most favor- ably situated in the fruit belt of the continent . Another evidence is in our prize - winning exhibits in this country and in France . We have ...
... land of north Missouri or on the rocky soil of the south . Our great state is most favor- ably situated in the fruit belt of the continent . Another evidence is in our prize - winning exhibits in this country and in France . We have ...
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... land , one in a good farming section and the other on the white oak ridges of Grand river . Perhaps no two small tracts contain a greater variety of soil . The principal tract is underlaid with a porous clay subsoil , some parts hav ...
... land , one in a good farming section and the other on the white oak ridges of Grand river . Perhaps no two small tracts contain a greater variety of soil . The principal tract is underlaid with a porous clay subsoil , some parts hav ...
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... land . But I happen to have about twenty acres on Grand river bottom . The trees here are frequently badly infested . Sometimes the ridges are almost clear of borers , and again they are badly infested . So also with all locations ...
... land . But I happen to have about twenty acres on Grand river bottom . The trees here are frequently badly infested . Sometimes the ridges are almost clear of borers , and again they are badly infested . So also with all locations ...
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... LAND , LOCATION , VARIETIES . By Henry Schell , Glasgow , Mo. Mr. President , Ladies and Gentlemen : -There has been so much said and written on this subject that we will have to " thresh over some of the old straw . " Any land that ...
... LAND , LOCATION , VARIETIES . By Henry Schell , Glasgow , Mo. Mr. President , Ladies and Gentlemen : -There has been so much said and written on this subject that we will have to " thresh over some of the old straw . " Any land that ...
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... land will produce fine strawberries . The ground having been properly prepared , the rows should be marked off , with a marker , five feet apart . The plants should be set two feet apart in the rows as follows : Make a small mound in ...
... land will produce fine strawberries . The ground having been properly prepared , the rows should be marked off , with a marker , five feet apart . The plants should be set two feet apart in the rows as follows : Make a small mound in ...
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