...no moisture then arose from the earth. The evaporation from the ploughed land was found to detrease rapidly after the first and second day, and ceased...growth in dry weather visibly exceeded that of other crops where the earth was not stirred. The component parts of the matter evaporated remain yet to be...

...and second day, and ceased after five or six days, depending on the wind and sun. These experiment* were carried on for many months. After July the evaporation...not advanced beyond what the earth afforded on being Evidently be- fresh turned up. The rapid growth of my potatoes corresPon^ed perfectly with the previous...

...evaporation from the ploughed land was found to decrease rapidly after the first and second day, and «eased after five or six days, depending on the wind and...growth in dry weather visibly exceeded that of other crops where the earth was not stirred. The component parts of the matter evaporated remain yet to be...

...five or six days, depending on the wind and sun. These experiments were carried on for many months. The evaporation after the most abundant rains was...what the earth afforded on being fresh turned up."* Few operations of husbandry among us are executed, in general, in a more slovenly way than ploughing....

...five or six days, depending on the wind and sun. These experiments were carried on for many months. The evaporation after the most abundant rains was not advanced beyond what the earth afforded finished manner in which the sod is turned, the frequent baulks, die ragged and uneven ends of ihe...

...freshploughed ground, to nine hundred and fifty pounds per hour on the surface of a statute acre, while on the ground unbroken, though the glass stood repeatedly...growth in dry weather visibly exceeded that of other crops where the earth was not stirred. The component parts of the matter evaporated remain yet to be...