Truck-farming at the South: A Guide to the Raising of Vegetables for Northern MarketsOrange Judd, 1883 - 270 páginas |
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... sometimes upon the previous preparation of the land . Owing to the absence of a covering of snow and of suc- cessive freezings and thawings , fall plowing , so useful at the North , is destructive of fertility at the South SOIL AND ITS ...
... sometimes upon the previous preparation of the land . Owing to the absence of a covering of snow and of suc- cessive freezings and thawings , fall plowing , so useful at the North , is destructive of fertility at the South SOIL AND ITS ...
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... sometimes necessary in the Northern States ; and we must also avoid leaching . The fermentation of stable manure may be retarded by the admixture of substances not liable to rapid fer- mentation . The gardener in the country may resort ...
... sometimes necessary in the Northern States ; and we must also avoid leaching . The fermentation of stable manure may be retarded by the admixture of substances not liable to rapid fer- mentation . The gardener in the country may resort ...
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... heavy lands . The 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 .
... heavy lands . The 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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... have com- paratively little agricultural value , and are sometimes positively injurious . They are , therefore , subjected to chemical treatment , by which the potash compounds are more 44 TRUCK - FARMING AT THE SOUTH ..
... have com- paratively little agricultural value , and are sometimes positively injurious . They are , therefore , subjected to chemical treatment , by which the potash compounds are more 44 TRUCK - FARMING AT THE SOUTH ..
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... sometimes injure the burning quality of the tobacco leaf , decrease the amount of sugar in sugar beets , and of starch in potatoes , and make the latter less ' mealy ' than is desirable . The sulphates , on the other hand , are always ...
... sometimes injure the burning quality of the tobacco leaf , decrease the amount of sugar in sugar beets , and of starch in potatoes , and make the latter less ' mealy ' than is desirable . The sulphates , on the other hand , are always ...
Términos y frases comunes
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