Draining for Profit: And Draining for HealthOrange Judd Company, 1890 - 252 páginas |
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... to market , to make it cheaper to cultivate well , than to buy more land for the sake of getting a larger return from poor cultivation . Wherever Indian corn is worth fifty cents a bushel , 16 DRAINING FOR PROFIT AND HEALTH .
... to market , to make it cheaper to cultivate well , than to buy more land for the sake of getting a larger return from poor cultivation . Wherever Indian corn is worth fifty cents a bushel , 16 DRAINING FOR PROFIT AND HEALTH .
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... bushel , on the farm , it will pay to thoroughly drain every acre of land which needs draining . If , from want of capital , this cannot be done at once , it is best to first drain a portion of the farm , doing the work thoroughly well ...
... bushel , on the farm , it will pay to thoroughly drain every acre of land which needs draining . If , from want of capital , this cannot be done at once , it is best to first drain a portion of the farm , doing the work thoroughly well ...
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... bushel at the farm , it will pay to drain , in the best manner , all such land as is described in the first chapter of this book as in need of draining , Argu ments to prove this need not be based at all on cheapness of the work ; only ...
... bushel at the farm , it will pay to drain , in the best manner , all such land as is described in the first chapter of this book as in need of draining , Argu ments to prove this need not be based at all on cheapness of the work ; only ...
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... bushels per acre . The average crop , on such land , has been assumed to be 30 bushels per acre ; it would be an estimate as moderate as this one is generous , to say that , with the same cultiva- tion and the same manure , the average ...
... bushels per acre . The average crop , on such land , has been assumed to be 30 bushels per acre ; it would be an estimate as moderate as this one is generous , to say that , with the same cultiva- tion and the same manure , the average ...
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... bushels . The cost of extra harvesting will be more than repaid by the value of the extra fodder , and the increased culti- vation and manuring are lasting benefits , which can be charged , only in small part , to the current crop ...
... bushels . The cost of extra harvesting will be more than repaid by the value of the extra fodder , and the increased culti- vation and manuring are lasting benefits , which can be charged , only in small part , to the current crop ...
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acre agricultural allow basin bottom brick bushels carried cause cents clay collars commenced condition connection considerable contour lines cost course covered crop cultivation deposit depth discharge diseases distance ditch drainage dyke earth effect Ensilage evaporation fall Farm farmer feet deep fever field fifth column filled flow foot four feet Gisborne grade ground Hackensack River heat heavy rain houses improvement inches joints kiln labor laid land lateral drains laying length less lower main drain malarious manure marsh matters moisture muddy water nearly necessary obstruction operation outlet particles pipes placed plants plow porous practice prevent quantity rain-fall removed result retentive roots salt marsh saturated season sewage sewers shown in Fig side silt silt-basin slope soakage soil spring stakes steepest descent stone subsoil sufficient surface tide tile tile-draining tion typhoid fever undrained upper end whole width