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Page 13
... ploughed , these trenches will be nearly obliterated ; but after the seed for the next course has been sown and harrowed in , they will be dug out again , not exactly in the same position , but closely adjoining it . The earth dug out ...
... ploughed , these trenches will be nearly obliterated ; but after the seed for the next course has been sown and harrowed in , they will be dug out again , not exactly in the same position , but closely adjoining it . The earth dug out ...
Page 18
... , three years white crop , and the ninth year returning again to potatoes . The succession of white crops is accompanied by a regular increase in the depth to which the land is ploughed ; and the 18 Report on the Agriculture of Belgium .
... , three years white crop , and the ninth year returning again to potatoes . The succession of white crops is accompanied by a regular increase in the depth to which the land is ploughed ; and the 18 Report on the Agriculture of Belgium .
Page 19
... ploughed ; and the best farmers , therefore , prefer commencing with wheat , giving a ploughing of about 5 inches , following it with rye and ploughing an inch or two deeper , and again following with rye or oats and a still deeper ...
... ploughed ; and the best farmers , therefore , prefer commencing with wheat , giving a ploughing of about 5 inches , following it with rye and ploughing an inch or two deeper , and again following with rye or oats and a still deeper ...
Page 21
... ploughed to the depth of 6 or 7 inches , or hacked with a large hoe , and in a few days is harrowed and sown with turnips , which in good years will yield from 8 to 10 tons per acre . Of all modes of culture , that of turnips on the ...
... ploughed to the depth of 6 or 7 inches , or hacked with a large hoe , and in a few days is harrowed and sown with turnips , which in good years will yield from 8 to 10 tons per acre . Of all modes of culture , that of turnips on the ...
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... ploughing , a harrowing , and a rolling . The clover ( usually cow - grass ) is either sown immediately after the corn , especially it both are sown in the winter , and the two harrowed in together , or the oats are harrowed in first ...
... ploughing , a harrowing , and a rolling . The clover ( usually cow - grass ) is either sown immediately after the corn , especially it both are sown in the winter , and the two harrowed in together , or the oats are harrowed in first ...
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