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Title: The lure of the land
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Fullerton, Edith Loring, 1876-1931 Long Island Railroad Company. Experimental Station, Wading River, N.Y
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: (New York?
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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those in the world, I said. You wait see, Mes Fuller. He was right, many a message has gone forth this summer forgoodness sake rush packages as much as you can, crops are spoilingfor want of them. But many barrels alas, are lying empty! Kale had been shipped two days previously, the plot thirty-one bythirty-nine feet yielded 355 heads, the last shipment filling three bar-rels. The kohl rabi, from seed from North China, yielded 144 roots andthe space occupied by them after being set out was thirty-one by four-teen feet. These rabis differed in no way from the kind usually raisedhere as far as we could see. The night of the twenty-second it stormed, so the Italians weresent over the cabbage, cauliflower and sprouts again the next day. Infact it seemed that a spraying day was invariably followed by rain.There were times when Fullerton luck did not hold good. Endive was tied up when thoroughly dry, this must never be donewhen the plants are damp for it is intensely susceptible to rot. The
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Tying endive for blanching field was the quaintest Dutchest thing imaginable when the menwere through. Fullerton luck brought a thunder storm the next night so therewas nothing to do but spray again the following day. We went to thefield in the early morning as was our habit, and the sight that met uswas enough to make the heart sick, leaves turning black and yellowwith blight, insects so thick they positively looked crowded. What shall we do? we exclaimed, the pride of our hearts andthe portion to bring in the greatest returns going before our eyes! Itsurely cannot be our fault, or from any neglect. Mes. Fuller, said Mike, about every five year, the cauliflowerhe go so, you cant save him, I know, I grow him many year. 115 Should we have sprayed more Mike? I asked.Mah gah, Mes Fuller we pass this field about eight times alreadyand two times be enough. This the year, you cant help him, he re-plied. Well, if this is the year we have him for fair, said the SeniorPartner. Mike, tell Tony

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