. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. 80 The Principles of Fruit-growing be applied, but it is also a direct means of conserving moisture and of hastening chemical activities. The soil is a vast storehouse of plant-food, and the first effort of the husbandman should be to make this store available to plants. In "An Essay for Advancement of Husbandry-Learning," pubhshed in 1651 in London, Samuel Hartlib wrote: "Men take him for a foole or a mad. Fig. 14. Clean tillage in a Michigan peach orchard. man that, having store of wealth in his t
. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. 80 The Principles of Fruit-growing be applied, but it is also a direct means of conserving moisture and of hastening chemical activities. The soil is a vast storehouse of plant-food, and the first effort of the husbandman should be to make this store available to plants. In "An Essay for Advancement of Husbandry-Learning," pubhshed in 1651 in London, Samuel Hartlib wrote: "Men take him for a foole or a mad. Fig. 14. Clean tillage in a Michigan peach orchard. man that, having store of wealth in his trunck, doth yet complain of want. What though the key be rusty for want of use? 'tis easier to get that scoured, then to obtaine such another treasure. And surely I may upon most sure grounds say, that our Native Countrey, hath in its bowels an (even almost) infinite, and inexhaustible treasure; much of which hath long laine hid, and is but new begun to be discovered. It may seem a large boast or meer Hyperbole to say, we enjoy not, know not, use not, the one-tenth part of that plenty or wealth & happinesse, that our. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan
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