Truck-farming at the South. A Guide to the Raising of Vegetables for Northern Markets. ... IllustratedOrange Judd Company, 1883 - 270 páginas |
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... probably the largest slave - owner , engaged in vegetable culture , in this section ; but of forty - five grown negroes , twenty - six only were available as field laborers , the others being mechanics , house - servants , etc .; and at ...
... probably the largest slave - owner , engaged in vegetable culture , in this section ; but of forty - five grown negroes , twenty - six only were available as field laborers , the others being mechanics , house - servants , etc .; and at ...
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... probably have nearly as great a weight of roots as clover , and in the neighborhood of twenty tons of tops . The latter alone would contain one hundred and sixteen pounds of nitrogen , principally obtained from the atmosphere ; or as ...
... probably have nearly as great a weight of roots as clover , and in the neighborhood of twenty tons of tops . The latter alone would contain one hundred and sixteen pounds of nitrogen , principally obtained from the atmosphere ; or as ...
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... value of cow - penning land and its permanent effects ( sometimes noticeable for twenty or Dana's Muck Manual . + Dana's Muck Manual . more years ) is probably owing to the fact that 32 TRUCK - FARMING AT THE SOUTH .
... value of cow - penning land and its permanent effects ( sometimes noticeable for twenty or Dana's Muck Manual . + Dana's Muck Manual . more years ) is probably owing to the fact that 32 TRUCK - FARMING AT THE SOUTH .
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A. Oemler. more years ) is probably owing to the fact that none of the urine is lost . On light sandy land it is serviceable through the treading and compacting of the soil . The absence of cut - worms on land recently cow - penned is ...
A. Oemler. more years ) is probably owing to the fact that none of the urine is lost . On light sandy land it is serviceable through the treading and compacting of the soil . The absence of cut - worms on land recently cow - penned is ...
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... probably on account of the chlorine which it contains . The chloride of magnesium may be in- jurious . Nos . 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 , in the table , are low grade articles , furnishing only nine to eighteen per cent . of actual potash . The ...
... probably on account of the chlorine which it contains . The chloride of magnesium may be in- jurious . Nos . 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 , in the table , are low grade articles , furnishing only nine to eighteen per cent . of actual potash . The ...
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Acid Phosphate acre ammonia applied asparagus barrel beetles Bone Bruchus bushels cabbage carbonic acid cauliflower cents Charleston Chemical Chuck-will's-widow cold frames commence compost contain cotton seed covered cow pea crate crop cucumber cultivation cut-worms destroyed dollars drill dung early eggs farmer feet fermentation fertility Florida four frost fruit gardener germination green ground grow growers grown growth guano heat heavy hundred inches injury insects kainit land larva larvæ leaves lime mature melon moist moisture mulch nitrogen Northern markets onions packed Paris green pea vines Peruvian guano phosphoric acid plant food plow Plusia potash potato pounds produce quantity rain roots rows salts sandy Savannah season shipment soil soluble South sowing sown species sprouts squash stable manure stems strawberry sufficient sulphate superphosphate supply surface therm thousand tion tomato transplanting truck-farmer varieties vegetable matter warm weather weeds wind N. W. winter worm