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... she is capable of yielding , the food must be composed of clover grass , turnips with their tops , and other green crops ; but to obtain milk of the best quality , which is at the same time rich in butter , her food PASTURE UNFAVOURABLE .
... she is capable of yielding , the food must be composed of clover grass , turnips with their tops , and other green crops ; but to obtain milk of the best quality , which is at the same time rich in butter , her food PASTURE UNFAVOURABLE .
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... turnips and green food . None of these crops can be raised with liquid sewage , all require tillage land for their produc- tion . The juicy herbage known as rye - grass , grown on wet or inundated land , gives abundance of milk ; but it ...
... turnips and green food . None of these crops can be raised with liquid sewage , all require tillage land for their produc- tion . The juicy herbage known as rye - grass , grown on wet or inundated land , gives abundance of milk ; but it ...
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... turnip , swede , kohl - rabi , cabbage , beet , parsnip , carrot , potato , and tuber - rooted gyrasol . It may also be remarked that trench - ploughing or subsoiling may , if more convenient than executing the whole in one season , be ...
... turnip , swede , kohl - rabi , cabbage , beet , parsnip , carrot , potato , and tuber - rooted gyrasol . It may also be remarked that trench - ploughing or subsoiling may , if more convenient than executing the whole in one season , be ...
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... turnips to be eaten off by sheep ; and after which the soil should be lightly ploughed and thoroughly worked by repeated operations of grubbers , harrows , and rollers during the ensuing spring and summer , to produce the finest ...
... turnips to be eaten off by sheep ; and after which the soil should be lightly ploughed and thoroughly worked by repeated operations of grubbers , harrows , and rollers during the ensuing spring and summer , to produce the finest ...
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... turnips , manured with dissolved bones or guano , or with a mixture of both . The rape and turnips should both be eaten on the ground by sheep ; and after a summer fallow succeeding the turnips the land should be sown down in August ...
... turnips , manured with dissolved bones or guano , or with a mixture of both . The rape and turnips should both be eaten on the ground by sheep ; and after a summer fallow succeeding the turnips the land should be sown down in August ...
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