Truck-farming at the South: A Guide to the Raising of Vegetables for Northern MarketsOrange Judd, 1910 - 274 páginas |
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... growth is retarded . PREPARING THE SOIL . Efficient drainage being provided , the land should be broken up and pulverized as deeply as possible . A mass of sticky clay will absorb a slight amount of moisture 12 TRUCK - FARMING AT THE SOUTH ...
... growth is retarded . PREPARING THE SOIL . Efficient drainage being provided , the land should be broken up and pulverized as deeply as possible . A mass of sticky clay will absorb a slight amount of moisture 12 TRUCK - FARMING AT THE SOUTH ...
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... growth . Carbonic acid is one of the chief agents in this process ; and in order that this acid may be formed , the carbonaceous matter in the soil must be brought in direct contact with the atmosphere . As long as the soil is in a ...
... growth . Carbonic acid is one of the chief agents in this process ; and in order that this acid may be formed , the carbonaceous matter in the soil must be brought in direct contact with the atmosphere . As long as the soil is in a ...
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... growth , or until there is danger of injury to the roots or to the tops of growing plants by the cultivator . The ground may be too wet , but never too dry , for stirring ; because the more frequently it is broken up , fined and aërated ...
... growth , or until there is danger of injury to the roots or to the tops of growing plants by the cultivator . The ground may be too wet , but never too dry , for stirring ; because the more frequently it is broken up , fined and aërated ...
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... growth of a plant , whether by being itself directly taken up by its roots , or by chemically altering any heretofore existing constituent of the soil , so that it may be made available , or by physically altering its tex- ture , may be ...
... growth of a plant , whether by being itself directly taken up by its roots , or by chemically altering any heretofore existing constituent of the soil , so that it may be made available , or by physically altering its tex- ture , may be ...
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... growth , or sown for the pur- pose . No plant is better adapted to be used at the South for restoring fertility by green manuring than our cow pea . The analyses here given show it to be rich in albuminoids ; it makes in our climate a ...
... growth , or sown for the pur- pose . No plant is better adapted to be used at the South for restoring fertility by green manuring than our cow pea . The analyses here given show it to be rich in albuminoids ; it makes in our climate a ...
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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.