 The grain is either sown broadcast in the place where it is intended to stand till ripe, or thickly in beds, from which it is transplanted when the blade is about a foot high. As soon as the season will admit after the 21st of March, the land is opened...  Bulletin - Page 51by United States. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Statistics - 1890Full view - About this book
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...March, the land is opened by one or more plousjhings, according to its strength, and the clods arc broken down by blows with wooden mattocks, managed...great regularity and address, after which water is let upon the soil, which, for the most part, of a reddish clay, or foxy earth, is converted into a smooth... | |
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