Truck-farming at the South: A Guide to the Raising of Vegetables for Northern MarketsOrange Judd, 1910 - 274 páginas |
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... leaves of plants growing upon it , and 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 ...
... leaves of plants growing upon it , and 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 ...
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... leaves , at the expense of the roots and of a general healthy con- dition . The operations of thinning and hand - weeding are performed in connection with hoeing , to admit a free circulation of air around the remaining plants , and the ...
... leaves , at the expense of the roots and of a general healthy con- dition . The operations of thinning and hand - weeding are performed in connection with hoeing , to admit a free circulation of air around the remaining plants , and the ...
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... leaves from the woods , slops from the kitchen and wash - house , with the dung of those domestic animals which does not readily heat , as that of neat cattle and swine , in short , everything available that will supply plant food may ...
... leaves from the woods , slops from the kitchen and wash - house , with the dung of those domestic animals which does not readily heat , as that of neat cattle and swine , in short , everything available that will supply plant food may ...
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... leaves from surrounding forest trees , have decayed on the same low , swampy soil , the vegetable mat- ter increases so rapidly that , with the exception of that supplied by the decaying mass , very little mineral mat- ter is mixed with ...
... leaves from surrounding forest trees , have decayed on the same low , swampy soil , the vegetable mat- ter increases so rapidly that , with the exception of that supplied by the decaying mass , very little mineral mat- ter is mixed with ...
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... leaves ; and the experiments of Lawes and Gilbert have pointed out that it aids leguminous plants , like clover , in assimilat- ing nitrogen , which they contain so largely . It results in soils from the disintegration of minerals , and ...
... leaves ; and the experiments of Lawes and Gilbert have pointed out that it aids leguminous plants , like clover , in assimilat- ing nitrogen , which they contain so largely . It results in soils from the disintegration of minerals , and ...
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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.