Gardening for Profit: A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of the Market and Family Garden : Entirely New and Greatly EnlargedO. Judd Company, 1909 - 376 páginas |
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... can our market gardens , and these , we know , require nearly the labor of one man to an acre , and that , too , with every labor - saving arrange- ment in practice . When the care of greenhouses , VIII GARDENING FOR PROFIT .
... can our market gardens , and these , we know , require nearly the labor of one man to an acre , and that , too , with every labor - saving arrange- ment in practice . When the care of greenhouses , VIII GARDENING FOR PROFIT .
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... acre , for any- thing less than ten acres ; if on a larger scale , it might not require quite so much . The first season rarely pays more than current expenses , and the capital of $ 300 per acre is all absorbed in horses , wagons ...
... acre , for any- thing less than ten acres ; if on a larger scale , it might not require quite so much . The first season rarely pays more than current expenses , and the capital of $ 300 per acre is all absorbed in horses , wagons ...
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... acres alongside of mine for ten years , for $ 600 per year , for the purpose of growing vegetables , and asked me what I ... acre . For be it known , that the rental or interest on the ground used for gardening operations is usually only ...
... acres alongside of mine for ten years , for $ 600 per year , for the purpose of growing vegetables , and asked me what I ... acre . For be it known , that the rental or interest on the ground used for gardening operations is usually only ...
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... acres , within three miles of mar- ket , planted in close crop , averages seven ; this number is varied in proportion , somewhat , according to the quantity of glass in use . I have generally employed more than that fully a man to an acre ...
... acres , within three miles of mar- ket , planted in close crop , averages seven ; this number is varied in proportion , somewhat , according to the quantity of glass in use . I have generally employed more than that fully a man to an acre ...
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... acre . As a rule it may be premised that for every additional acre over ten , the profits per acre will to some extent diminish , from the fact that a larger area cannot be so thoroughly worked as a smaller one ; besides , there will ...
... acre . As a rule it may be premised that for every additional acre over ten , the profits per acre will to some extent diminish , from the fact that a larger area cannot be so thoroughly worked as a smaller one ; besides , there will ...
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