Truck-farming at the South: A Guide to the Raising of Vegetables for Northern MarketsOrange Judd, 1883 - 270 páginas |
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... . It permits the farmer to work his land sooner after heavy rain , and earlier in the spring , and it prevents the land from becoming sour in wet seasons . The total absence of water would SOIL AND ITS PREPARATION . 11.
... . It permits the farmer to work his land sooner after heavy rain , and earlier in the spring , and it prevents the land from becoming sour in wet seasons . The total absence of water would SOIL AND ITS PREPARATION . 11.
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... rain , sufficient to cause incrustation or baking , which would prevent a free admission of air into the soil . The most obvious benefit of stirring the soil is , the destruction of weeds ; for no crop can become remunerative , if ...
... rain , sufficient to cause incrustation or baking , which would prevent a free admission of air into the soil . The most obvious benefit of stirring the soil is , the destruction of weeds ; for no crop can become remunerative , if ...
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... rain and air , and by the chemical processes thereby facilitated ; and finally the fertility of the soil is augmented through the ammonia , nitric acid , etc. , which are introduced with the air . The plow , horse - hoe , and cultivator ...
... rain and air , and by the chemical processes thereby facilitated ; and finally the fertility of the soil is augmented through the ammonia , nitric acid , etc. , which are introduced with the air . The plow , horse - hoe , and cultivator ...
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... rain water , before they can be generally appropriated by plants . Yet Peters and Sachs proved , experimentally , that a bean plant grew and flourished by direct absorption of am- monia through its foliage alone ; but they failed with ...
... rain water , before they can be generally appropriated by plants . Yet Peters and Sachs proved , experimentally , that a bean plant grew and flourished by direct absorption of am- monia through its foliage alone ; but they failed with ...
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... rains and dews , and continually being taken up by vegetation , it is volatilized , evaporated with water , washed away and lost . Later and more exact chemical experiments have shown that the soil contains less ready - formed ammonia ...
... rains and dews , and continually being taken up by vegetation , it is volatilized , evaporated with water , washed away and lost . Later and more exact chemical experiments have shown that the soil contains less ready - formed ammonia ...
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