Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture of the State of Michigan, for the Year ...John A. Kerr & Company, printers to the State, 1865 |
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... better when we get out of the woods , or get the woods away from us . Half of our section is yet covered with forest . With such facts before you , do you expect that a man can say what is the average weight of hogs ? I have seen them ...
... better when we get out of the woods , or get the woods away from us . Half of our section is yet covered with forest . With such facts before you , do you expect that a man can say what is the average weight of hogs ? I have seen them ...
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... better than our first crops . This doubtless may be attributed to the use of clover . 3. The price of wheat ranged from 35 to 60 cts . per bush . for the first 15 years ; since then from 60 cts . to $ 2 . This fall $ 2.10 has been ...
... better than our first crops . This doubtless may be attributed to the use of clover . 3. The price of wheat ranged from 35 to 60 cts . per bush . for the first 15 years ; since then from 60 cts . to $ 2 . This fall $ 2.10 has been ...
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... better . 19. Horse - pitchforks are used ; they save half the labor in unloading and mowing hay ; they also work well in stacking . 20. Hay - tedders are not used . 21. What manure each farmer would naturally make in an open yard is ...
... better . 19. Horse - pitchforks are used ; they save half the labor in unloading and mowing hay ; they also work well in stacking . 20. Hay - tedders are not used . 21. What manure each farmer would naturally make in an open yard is ...
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... better than any kind we have tried . 3. The prices of different kinds of grain have varied very much . Wheat , for instance , has sold from 50 cts . to $ 2.50 per bushel ; oats from 10 cts . to 75 cts . per bushel ; corn from 25 to $ 1 ...
... better than any kind we have tried . 3. The prices of different kinds of grain have varied very much . Wheat , for instance , has sold from 50 cts . to $ 2.50 per bushel ; oats from 10 cts . to 75 cts . per bushel ; corn from 25 to $ 1 ...
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... better in cloudy and moist weather . Until our population becomes more dense , and a higher system of farming is inaugurated , with the necessary adjuncts of cheap labor , manures and irrigation , I am inclined to the opinion that root ...
... better in cloudy and moist weather . Until our population becomes more dense , and a higher system of farming is inaugurated , with the necessary adjuncts of cheap labor , manures and irrigation , I am inclined to the opinion that root ...
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9 P. M. Mean Agricultural Society animals annual Ayrshire Ayrshire cattle BAROMETER HEIGHT REDUCED BARRY COUNTY beef Berkshire better Boarding Hall breed broadcast sowing bushels bushels per acre C. A. Kenaston cattle CENTAGE OF SATURATION cents cheese clover corn cows cultivation dairy Day of Month diarrhoea disease drill and broadcast drilled wheat ergot experiments farm farmers fatten favorable fleece FORCE OR PRESSURE FREEZING POINT GENESEE COUNTY ground harrow HEIGHT REDUCED FORCE horses important improvement INCHES John Gamgee KALAMAZOO COUNTY Kedzie labor land MACOMB COUNTY manure Merino milk OTTAWA COUNTY P. M. Mean plant pleuro-pneumonia ploughed plow pork portion pounds premiums produced profitable quantity receipts regard roots S. S. Rockwell Salary season Secretary seed serous membranes sheep soil sold sown broadcast swine symptoms T. C. Abbot Thermometer tion varieties various weight winter wheat wool yield