Report of the Secretary of Agriculture ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1867 |
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... grain ; sugar , trace ; free acid , 3.3 per cent .; extract , 2.4 per cent .; spirit , 9.6 per cent . This wine contains less than the usual quantity of tartaric acid and an unusual amount of acetic acid , and is much too sour for ...
... grain ; sugar , trace ; free acid , 3.3 per cent .; extract , 2.4 per cent .; spirit , 9.6 per cent . This wine contains less than the usual quantity of tartaric acid and an unusual amount of acetic acid , and is much too sour for ...
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... grain crop , and whether the soil contains such total quantities , to answer the question whether that crop can be grown profitably on that soil . As regards the plant , it is necessary to know , in addition , at what period of growth ...
... grain crop , and whether the soil contains such total quantities , to answer the question whether that crop can be grown profitably on that soil . As regards the plant , it is necessary to know , in addition , at what period of growth ...
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... grain crops ... 4 , 158 , 360 7,400 , 170 521 , 074 Acreage green crops ... 2,750 , 008 139 , 265 Acreage clover and grass in rotation . 2,296 , 087 256,722 Acreage pasture and grass not in rotation .. 1 , 141 , 415 1,366 , 540 663,257 ...
... grain crops ... 4 , 158 , 360 7,400 , 170 521 , 074 Acreage green crops ... 2,750 , 008 139 , 265 Acreage clover and grass in rotation . 2,296 , 087 256,722 Acreage pasture and grass not in rotation .. 1 , 141 , 415 1,366 , 540 663,257 ...
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... grain , Maize . Equivalt of all in rye . Barley . Potatoes . Bushels of outs for 1,000 horses , de- ducting seed . Horses . Cows . 1,866 1 , 176 2,148 4.088 3,816 1,002 6,184 1,566 528 3,372 2,892 462 1,050 2,246 8:28 2,778 24 4 , 128 ...
... grain , Maize . Equivalt of all in rye . Barley . Potatoes . Bushels of outs for 1,000 horses , de- ducting seed . Horses . Cows . 1,866 1 , 176 2,148 4.088 3,816 1,002 6,184 1,566 528 3,372 2,892 462 1,050 2,246 8:28 2,778 24 4 , 128 ...
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... grain whatever . The hot sun and dry atmosphere of much of this country turn this grass into the best of standing hay . Stock is herded upon it throughout the entire winter , and in spring is as fat as cattle in the eastern States that ...
... grain whatever . The hot sun and dry atmosphere of much of this country turn this grass into the best of standing hay . Stock is herded upon it throughout the entire winter , and in spring is as fat as cattle in the eastern States that ...
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