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Scientific American, Vol. 18, No. 10 (1868) (1868)

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ed solu- Fig. 2 representsa corn or other cultivatorcomposed of two the position of the soil, what was at the surface being placed tion of borax in water, sufficient tocover the wood. I then separate cylinders, with flanges at the inner ends, intended at the bottom of a furrow from four to ten… … point, and keep it there from two to twelve hours, according what the soil needs to enable it tb receive from the atmos- to the porosity and thickness of the wood. I then repeat this soil in better condition for drainage and better suited for the growth of crops than the ordinary plow and harrow.…

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