Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: FarmsLiberty Hyde Bailey Macmillan, 1907 |
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... Grass and Forage Plant Investigations , Bureau of Plant Industry , Department of Agriculture , Washington , D. C. TROTH , HENRY , Photographer , Philadelphia , Pa . TURPIN , WILLIAM T. P. , Superintendent of Immigration Bureau of ...
... Grass and Forage Plant Investigations , Bureau of Plant Industry , Department of Agriculture , Washington , D. C. TROTH , HENRY , Photographer , Philadelphia , Pa . TURPIN , WILLIAM T. P. , Superintendent of Immigration Bureau of ...
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... grass - farming systems of England . The agriculture of the southeastern states was early influenced by the aristocratic conceptions of the cava- liers , and the southern type of society has been profoundly modified by human slavery ...
... grass - farming systems of England . The agriculture of the southeastern states was early influenced by the aristocratic conceptions of the cava- liers , and the southern type of society has been profoundly modified by human slavery ...
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... grass - farming series , in which hay and pasturage are the keynotes . In the northeastern United States and eastern Canada , where this series reaches its highest development , these occu- pations develop an effective mixed husbandry ...
... grass - farming series , in which hay and pasturage are the keynotes . In the northeastern United States and eastern Canada , where this series reaches its highest development , these occu- pations develop an effective mixed husbandry ...
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... grass and abundance of water are concerned . With the developing of stall - feeding , the concen- trated foods have come to be of unaccustomed importance . The corn products , producing some of these foods , are more cheaply grown in ...
... grass and abundance of water are concerned . With the developing of stall - feeding , the concen- trated foods have come to be of unaccustomed importance . The corn products , producing some of these foods , are more cheaply grown in ...
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... grass and grain have been , of course , the first agricultural operations in all of the provinces . The following table gives the acreage and yields of the three principal grain crops , wheat , oats , and barley , for the Census Year ...
... grass and grain have been , of course , the first agricultural operations in all of the provinces . The following table gives the acreage and yields of the three principal grain crops , wheat , oats , and barley , for the Census Year ...
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Página 377 - The HORSE-HOEING HUSBANDRY • or, a treatise on the principles of tillage and vegetation, wherein is taught a method of introducing a sort of vineyard culture into the corn-fields, in order to increase their product and diminish the common expenses.
Página 538 - The pennants displayed with the flags indicate the direction of the wind; red, easterly (from northeast to south); white (westerly, from southwest to north). The pennant above the flag indicates that the wind is expected to blow from the northerly quadrants; below, from the southerly quadrants.
Página 372 - Th' ensuing season, in return, may bear The bearded product of the golden year : For flax and oats will burn the tender field, And sleepy poppies harmful harvest yield. But sweet vicissitudes of rest and toil Make easy labor and renew the soil, Yet sprinkle sordid ashes all around, And load with fatt'ning dung the fallow ground.
Página 538 - A red flag with a black center indicates that a storm of marked violence is expected. The pennants displayed with the flags indicate the direction of the wind: white, westerly (from southwest to north); red, easterly (from northeast to south).
Página 538 - No. 1, with No. 4 above it, indicates fair weather, warmer. No. 1, with No. 4 below it, indicates fair weather, colder. No.
Página 377 - Horse-hoeing husbandry; or, An essay on the principles of vegetation and tillage; designed to introduce a new method of culture, whereby the produce of land will be increased and the usual expense lessened.
Página 545 - In summer, rain probable within 12 to 24 hours. In winter, rain or snow, with increasing winds, will often set in when the barometer begins to fall and the wind sets in from the NE.
Página 27 - The Austroriparian area occupies the greater part of the South Atlantic and Gulf States. Beginning near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay it covers half or more than half of Virginia. North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, the whole of Mississippi and Louisiana, eastern Texas, nearly all of Indian Territory, more than half of Arkansas, and parts of Oklahoma...
Página 471 - A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON PURE FERTILIZERS, and the Chemical Conversion of Rock Guanos, Marlstones, Coprolites, and the Crude Phosphates of Lime and Alumina generally into various valuable Products. By Campbell Morfit, MD, FCS, formerly Professor of Applied Chemistry in the University of Maryland.
Página 379 - To determine the amount, movement, and availability of the water-soluble plant-food materials present in the soil, so that growth may be both rapid, normal, and continuous to the end of the season. (7) To convert the entire root zone of the soil into a commodious sanitary living and feeding place, perfectly adapted to the needs of the roots of the crop and to the soil organisms, — adequately drained, perfectly ventilated, and sufficiently warm. (8) To reduce the waste of plant-food materials through...