Transactions of the Essex Agricultural Society from ...Press of Foote & Brown, 1841 |
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Page 23
... profit derived from any other business . One great difficulty is , that most farmers seem not to be aware of the fact , that the greater the outlay , to a reasonable extent , when skilfully applied , the greater will be the profit ...
... profit derived from any other business . One great difficulty is , that most farmers seem not to be aware of the fact , that the greater the outlay , to a reasonable extent , when skilfully applied , the greater will be the profit ...
Page 24
... profit on his outlay of thirty dol- lars ; and in addition to this , his land is improved , and in much better condition for a second rotation . There is no delusion in this . It is a practical result , of the reality of which any ...
... profit on his outlay of thirty dol- lars ; and in addition to this , his land is improved , and in much better condition for a second rotation . There is no delusion in this . It is a practical result , of the reality of which any ...
Page 25
... profit , as from his expendi- tures for manure to a certain extent . This has been most strikingly verified by some of our West Cam- bridge farmers . It is not uncommon among some of the farmers in that town to put on their grounds one ...
... profit , as from his expendi- tures for manure to a certain extent . This has been most strikingly verified by some of our West Cam- bridge farmers . It is not uncommon among some of the farmers in that town to put on their grounds one ...
Page 50
... profit of two dollars and seventy five cents per pound , or one hundred and thirty seven dollars and fifty cents per acre , if fifty pound to the acre is raised . But it was not my intention to go into any minute estimate of the profits ...
... profit of two dollars and seventy five cents per pound , or one hundred and thirty seven dollars and fifty cents per acre , if fifty pound to the acre is raised . But it was not my intention to go into any minute estimate of the profits ...
Page 51
... profit could un- doubtedly be derived . By the former system , no thermometers , no stoves for heating the apartments , and , according to the new theory which has been before mentioned , no ice - houses , or refrigerators for retarding ...
... profit could un- doubtedly be derived . By the former system , no thermometers , no stoves for heating the apartments , and , according to the new theory which has been before mentioned , no ice - houses , or refrigerators for retarding ...
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