Mr. Johnston says he never saw one hundred acres in any one farm, but a portion of it would pay for draining. Mr. Johnston is no rich man who has carried a favorite hobby without regard to cost or profit. He is a hardworking Scotch farmer, who commenced... Draining for Profit, and Draining for Health - Página 165por George Edwin Waring (Jr.) - 1867 - 244 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1861 - 664 páginas
...completely choked wi'h fibrous roots of the elms. Mr. Johnson says he never saw one hundred acres in any one farm, but a portion of it would pay for draining....and is now reaping the benefits, in having crops of forty bushels of wheat to the acre. He is a gray-haired Nestor, who, after accumulating the experience... | |
| John Hancock Klippart - 1861 - 486 páginas
...choked with fibrous roots of the elms. Mr. Johnston says he never saw one hundred acres in any one farm, but a portion of it would pay for draining....and is now reaping the benefits, in having crops of forty bushels of wheat to the acre. He is a grayhaired Nestor, who, after accumulating the experience... | |
| Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1861 - 662 páginas
...choked \vi h fibrous roots of the elms. Mr. Johnson says he never saw one hundred acres in any one farm, but a portion of it would pay for draining....has gradually extended his operations, and is now reapicg the benefits, in having crops of forty bushels of wheat to the acre. He is a gray-haired Nestor,... | |
| Edmund Morris - 1864 - 354 páginas
...this may be thought an extreme assertion, but it is nearer the fact than most of us have been aware. Mr. Johnston is no rich man who has carried a favorite...and is now reaping the benefits, in having crops of forty bushels of wheat to the acre. He is a gray-haired Nestor, who, after accumulating the experience... | |
| Edmund Morris - 1864 - 364 páginas
...this may be thought an extreme assertion, but it is nearer the fact than most of us have been aware. Mr. Johnston is no rich man who has carried a favorite...and is now reaping the benefits, in having crops of forty bushels of wheat to the acre. He is a gray-haired Nestor, who, after accumulating the experience... | |
| Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1865 - 768 páginas
...choked with fibrous roots of the elms. Mr. Johnston says he never saw one hundred acres in any one farm, but a portion of it would pay for draining....favorite hobby without regard to cost or profit. He is a hard- woi king Scotch farmer, who commenced a poor man, borrowed money to drain his land, has gradually... | |
| John Hancock Klippart - 1867 - 478 páginas
...choked with fibrous roots of the elms. Mr. Johnston says he never saw one hundred acres in any one farm, but a portion of it would pay for draining....and is now reaping the benefits, in having crops of forty bushels of wheat to the acre. He is a grayhaired Nestor, who, after accumulating the experience... | |
| Massachusetts - 1868 - 1260 páginas
...insignificant clay pipes were buried in the ground. Mr. Johnston says he never saw one hundred acres in any one farm, but a portion of it would pay for draining. Mr. Johnston is a hard-working Scotch, farmer, who commenced a poor man, borrowed money to drain his lands, has gradually... | |
| John Hancock Klippart - 1888 - 514 páginas
...choked with fibrous roots of the elms. Mr. Johnston says he never saw one hundred acres in any one farm, but a portion of it would pay for draining Mr....who has carried a favorite hobby without regard to cose or profit. He is a hardworking Scotch farmer, who commenced a poor man, borrowed money to drain... | |
| George Edwin Waring - 1911 - 264 páginas
...Drainage, from which work we quote the following : " Mr. Johnston says he never saw 100 acres in any one " farm, but a portion of it would pay for draining....Johnston is no rich man who has carried a favorite hobby u without regard to cost or profit. He is a hardworking " Scotch farmer, who commenced a poor man,... | |
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