Truck-farming at the South: A Guide to the Raising of Vegetables for Northern MarketsOrange Judd, 1883 - 270 páginas |
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... plowing under of green manures , the application of fertilizers , proper preparation , careful tillage , and deep plowing , will be necessary . With every additional inch of depth in plowing in the first eighteen inches of the surface ...
... plowing under of green manures , the application of fertilizers , proper preparation , careful tillage , and deep plowing , will be necessary . With every additional inch of depth in plowing in the first eighteen inches of the surface ...
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... plow , more suscepti- ble to pulverization , and in such case a thorough drainage would have to precede deep plowing . Under- drainage prevents the drowning out of crops after heavy rainfalls . It increases the fertility and ...
... plow , more suscepti- ble to pulverization , and in such case a thorough drainage would have to precede deep plowing . Under- drainage prevents the drowning out of crops after heavy rainfalls . It increases the fertility and ...
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... plowed land have suffered the least , for the reason that the greater the mass of fine soil , the greater must have ... plowing , so useful at the North , is destructive of fertility at the South SOIL AND ITS PREPARATION . 13.
... plowed land have suffered the least , for the reason that the greater the mass of fine soil , the greater must have ... plowing , so useful at the North , is destructive of fertility at the South SOIL AND ITS PREPARATION . 13.
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... plow- ing , and sufficiently manured , and the crop planted with regard to the capacity of the soil , the most im- portant matter to the farmer is , thorough culturë , or keeping the earth fine and mellow among the plants . Stirring the ...
... plow- ing , and sufficiently manured , and the crop planted with regard to the capacity of the soil , the most im- portant matter to the farmer is , thorough culturë , or keeping the earth fine and mellow among the plants . Stirring the ...
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... plow , horse - hoe , and cultivator are to be used , whenever available ; but the hand - hoe must always be relied on for the finer and more careful work , when , particularly in the later stages of the crop , only superficial stirring ...
... plow , horse - hoe , and cultivator are to be used , whenever available ; but the hand - hoe must always be relied on for the finer and more careful work , when , particularly in the later stages of the crop , only superficial stirring ...
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