Truck-farming at the South: A Guide to the Raising of Vegetables for Northern MarketsOrange Judd, 1910 - 274 páginas |
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... previous preparation of the land . Owing to the absence of a covering of snow and of suc- cessive freezings and thawings , fall plowing , so useful at the North , is destructive of fertility at the South SOIL AND ITS PREPARATION . 13.
... previous preparation of the land . Owing to the absence of a covering of snow and of suc- cessive freezings and thawings , fall plowing , so useful at the North , is destructive of fertility at the South SOIL AND ITS PREPARATION . 13.
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... covered by a dense growth of vines . It has been shown that even a perfectly inert body , like a board , lying upon ... covering of snow . It shades the soil from the rays of the sun , by which the volatile elements of fertility are ...
... covered by a dense growth of vines . It has been shown that even a perfectly inert body , like a board , lying upon ... covering of snow . It shades the soil from the rays of the sun , by which the volatile elements of fertility are ...
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... Covered . Uncovered . Nitrogen equal to ammonia , per cent .... 2.37 Organic matter soluble in water .. 1.7 6.42 1.82 Phosphoric acid ... 0.30 0.26 Alkalies .. 2.00 0.80 Exposed to the weather , piled , turned and handled , without ...
... Covered . Uncovered . Nitrogen equal to ammonia , per cent .... 2.37 Organic matter soluble in water .. 1.7 6.42 1.82 Phosphoric acid ... 0.30 0.26 Alkalies .. 2.00 0.80 Exposed to the weather , piled , turned and handled , without ...
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... covered completely with soil to the thickness of two or three inches , the escaping ammonia would be absorbed and fermentation retarded . It must be borne in mind , that even in winter we must limit the process of fermentation , and not ...
... covered completely with soil to the thickness of two or three inches , the escaping ammonia would be absorbed and fermentation retarded . It must be borne in mind , that even in winter we must limit the process of fermentation , and not ...
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... covering . When the sap reaches the wide expanse of sur- face of the leaves , it comes in contact with air , heat , and light , the crudo sap is digested and the excess of water is evaporated through the breathing pores , mainly of the ...
... covering . When the sap reaches the wide expanse of sur- face of the leaves , it comes in contact with air , heat , and light , the crudo sap is digested and the excess of water is evaporated through the breathing pores , mainly of the ...
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Truck-farming at the South: A Guide to the Raising of Vegetables for ... A. Oemler Vista completa - 1900 |
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Página 169 - Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them. And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.