Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture, Volume 29W. White, 1882 |
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acid Insoluble phosphoric acre agriculture albuminoids ammonia amount animal Berkshire better BOWDITCH bushels Calcium oxide calf Capt carbohydrates cattle cent CHEEVER clover corn corn-fodder cost cotton-seed meal County cows crop cultivation digestion dollars East Bridgewater ensilage experience farm farmers feed fertilizers fodder fodder-corn Franklin County grain grass grow growth horses hundred pounds inches Insoluble matter land manure Massachusetts matter Ash constituents Middlesex South milk Moisture MOORE muck muriate of potash nitric acid Organic and volatile phosphoric acid Insoluble phosphoric acid Nitrogen plant plough Plymouth County potash Potassium oxide pounds of insoluble pounds of nitrogen pounds of reverted quantity QUESTION raise Reverted phosphoric acid SANBORN seed silo SLADE soil soluble phosphoric acid straw Superphosphate thing tion tons Total phosphoric acid trees volatile matter Ash weight wheat winter Worcester
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