The Potato: A Practical Treatise on the Potato, Its Characteristics, Planting, Cultivation, Harvesting, Storing, Marketing, Insects, and Diseases and Their Remedies, Etc., EtcOrange Judd Company, 1913 - 185 páginas |
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... farmer . At the present time it behooves us to divest our- selves of prejudice , whether of tradition or custom , which might tend to warp our judgment and treat as debatable assumptions which long - established associa- tion have made ...
... farmer . At the present time it behooves us to divest our- selves of prejudice , whether of tradition or custom , which might tend to warp our judgment and treat as debatable assumptions which long - established associa- tion have made ...
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... farmers prepare land to this depth , as it requires three horses on a six - foot harrow on a loam soil . Two to 21⁄2 inches is more common . Harrows differ in their action ; thus , the spring - toothed harrow and the smoothing or spike ...
... farmers prepare land to this depth , as it requires three horses on a six - foot harrow on a loam soil . Two to 21⁄2 inches is more common . Harrows differ in their action ; thus , the spring - toothed harrow and the smoothing or spike ...
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... farmer must work out a mix- ture suited to his needs . There are other conditions than the application of fertilizers . As Dr. W. H. Jordan ' pithily puts it : " It is clearly evident that a large supply of plant - food does not ...
... farmer must work out a mix- ture suited to his needs . There are other conditions than the application of fertilizers . As Dr. W. H. Jordan ' pithily puts it : " It is clearly evident that a large supply of plant - food does not ...
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... their use is desirable in some cases is evident . Why it should be , and how , are matters for investiga- tion . 1 ( N. Y. ) Cornell Bul . 191 , p . 192 . The farmer needs to realize that the soil on his 40 THE POTATO.
... their use is desirable in some cases is evident . Why it should be , and how , are matters for investiga- tion . 1 ( N. Y. ) Cornell Bul . 191 , p . 192 . The farmer needs to realize that the soil on his 40 THE POTATO.
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... farmer needs to realize that the soil on his fields to - day is not the same as that of last year . Soil is changing . The subsoil of yesterday is the soil of to - day . Although the amount removed by crops is so small that it is a ...
... farmer needs to realize that the soil on his fields to - day is not the same as that of last year . Soil is changing . The subsoil of yesterday is the soil of to - day . Although the amount removed by crops is so small that it is a ...
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The Potato: A Practical Treatise on the Potato, Its Characteristics ... Samuel Fraser Vista completa - 1913 |
The Potato: A Practical Treatise on the Potato, Its Characteristics ... Samuel Fraser Vista completa - 1911 |
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