Truck-farming at the South: A Guide to the Raising of Vegetables for Northern MarketsOrange Judd, 1883 - 270 páginas |
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... pounds . The hours of labor are from sunrise to sunset , with variable allowances for meals during the different seasons of the year . During the shipping season there is no fixed time for breaking off work ; but extra pay is generally ...
... pounds . The hours of labor are from sunrise to sunset , with variable allowances for meals during the different seasons of the year . During the shipping season there is no fixed time for breaking off work ; but extra pay is generally ...
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... pounds of nitrogen . Several analyses of Boussingault showed from twenty - five thousand to thirty - two thousand pounds per acre beneath the surface , and a soil analyzed by Prof. Volcker , in 1868 , showed eight thousand four hundred ...
... pounds of nitrogen . Several analyses of Boussingault showed from twenty - five thousand to thirty - two thousand pounds per acre beneath the surface , and a soil analyzed by Prof. Volcker , in 1868 , showed eight thousand four hundred ...
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... pounds of nitrogen , principally obtained from the atmosphere ; or as much as is contained in twelve and nine - tenths tons of barn - yard manure , and directly applied to the soil . Seven pecks to two bushels of peas would cost from ...
... pounds of nitrogen , principally obtained from the atmosphere ; or as much as is contained in twelve and nine - tenths tons of barn - yard manure , and directly applied to the soil . Seven pecks to two bushels of peas would cost from ...
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... pounds per acre ; from a field of wheat , which after the harvest contained no weeds , twenty - five pounds , and from a field upon which grass seed had been sown with the wheat , and continued to grow on the stub- ble field , only five ...
... pounds per acre ; from a field of wheat , which after the harvest contained no weeds , twenty - five pounds , and from a field upon which grass seed had been sown with the wheat , and continued to grow on the stub- ble field , only five ...
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... pounds of hay will void one hundred and seventy - two pounds of fresh dung ; one hundred pounds of oats gave two hun- dred and four pounds ; and one hundred pounds of grass gave forty - three pounds of dung . A horse furnishes , if well ...
... pounds of hay will void one hundred and seventy - two pounds of fresh dung ; one hundred pounds of oats gave two hun- dred and four pounds ; and one hundred pounds of grass gave forty - three pounds of dung . A horse furnishes , if well ...
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