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... better plants ; and if applied in excess , it causes a too rank nure . Barley is known to be ripe by the disap - suited . vegetation , and the straw lodges before the grain pearance of the reddish cast on the ear , or what Last fall my ...
... better plants ; and if applied in excess , it causes a too rank nure . Barley is known to be ripe by the disap - suited . vegetation , and the straw lodges before the grain pearance of the reddish cast on the ear , or what Last fall my ...
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... better than six hundred pounds of wool , for which we obtained one dollar per pound in the rough . When the lambs were old enough to take from the ewes , we sold the ewes for three dollars per head , and had a fine stock of half bloods ...
... better than six hundred pounds of wool , for which we obtained one dollar per pound in the rough . When the lambs were old enough to take from the ewes , we sold the ewes for three dollars per head , and had a fine stock of half bloods ...
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... better than could have been expected . Salt has been sown on it , while the leaves were green , to induce cattle to eat it ; but they are not fond of it . Some farmers have ploughed up the bulbs in autumn , and turned sheep on , to eat ...
... better than could have been expected . Salt has been sown on it , while the leaves were green , to induce cattle to eat it ; but they are not fond of it . Some farmers have ploughed up the bulbs in autumn , and turned sheep on , to eat ...
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... better world . " HYACINTHS . it by an increase of outward clothing ; but from the uniformity of temperature thus insured to so large a portion of the surface of the body , and the ten- dency which this has to keep the highly important ...
... better world . " HYACINTHS . it by an increase of outward clothing ; but from the uniformity of temperature thus insured to so large a portion of the surface of the body , and the ten- dency which this has to keep the highly important ...
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... better calculated to blooms of bulbous or tuberous rooted plants , when cation to purposes subservient to the wants and desires absorb and retain heat ; walls fully exposed to the the bulbs are to be increased , and the contrary ; the ...
... better calculated to blooms of bulbous or tuberous rooted plants , when cation to purposes subservient to the wants and desires absorb and retain heat ; walls fully exposed to the the bulbs are to be increased , and the contrary ; the ...
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