Category: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming
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Words and phrases in italics are surrounded by _underscores_; those in bold are surrounded by =equal signs=. Misspelled words were corrected. One full-page advertisement was mov...
2. Part 2The seed grows with a covering of small, short, stiff hairs, which makes them adhere together; these must be very thoroughly removed before the seed can be relied upon to flow f...
3. Part 3In the cities there is a large market for Carrots as feed for horses, it being very generally accepted that a few given daily or every other day, aids the digestion of grain-fed...
4. Part 4“Land highly manured with rich dung from the fattening boxes or stables, induces luxurious and vigorous growth in root crops, and, as is well known, has a tendency to develop ov...
5. Part 5Besides arguments which are of weight for cultivation of all kind of roots, there are special ones for the raising of Mangolds. The vast bulk of yield exceeds that of any annual...