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Page 13
... plots sown broadcast , the same quantity of fertilizer was put on with the drill before the seed was sown . The plots lay side by side , running east and west , and were divided in halves north and south and the east end of all the ...
... plots sown broadcast , the same quantity of fertilizer was put on with the drill before the seed was sown . The plots lay side by side , running east and west , and were divided in halves north and south and the east end of all the ...
Page 14
... plots Nos . 27 and 29 on which stable manure and seaweed were applied . These received the same amount of seed but ... plots to which pot- ash was applied , Nos . 26 and 30 produced in one instance more straw than the " nothing plot ...
... plots Nos . 27 and 29 on which stable manure and seaweed were applied . These received the same amount of seed but ... plots to which pot- ash was applied , Nos . 26 and 30 produced in one instance more straw than the " nothing plot ...
Page 15
... plots , and the labor would only increase in proportion to the increase in the crop , we estimate the greatest profit was in the field crop . Other experiments in the vicinity , however , indicate the lack of phosphoric acid in the soil ...
... plots , and the labor would only increase in proportion to the increase in the crop , we estimate the greatest profit was in the field crop . Other experiments in the vicinity , however , indicate the lack of phosphoric acid in the soil ...
Page 16
... plots were sown with " New York State Seed Oats " pur- chased of a grain dealer , and weighed 30 pounds to the measured bushel . Plots 5 and 6 received no fertilizer and produced almost nothing . What grain there was did not ripen until ...
... plots were sown with " New York State Seed Oats " pur- chased of a grain dealer , and weighed 30 pounds to the measured bushel . Plots 5 and 6 received no fertilizer and produced almost nothing . What grain there was did not ripen until ...
Page 18
... plots , exactly four rods square , containing one - tenth of an acre each . Five rows of plots with six plots in a row were laid out . The plots were separated by pathways five feet in width run- ning each way at right angles . The ...
... plots , exactly four rods square , containing one - tenth of an acre each . Five rows of plots with six plots in a row were laid out . The plots were separated by pathways five feet in width run- ning each way at right angles . The ...
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Abbott Run acre Agricultural Experiment Station air-slacked lime analyses Annual Report apiary applied bees Board of Managers Bordeaux Mixture breeding Bulletin bushels cent chemical clover cob 1 bush comb honey crop digestible disease Dissolved Bone Dissolved Boneblack Division Early eyes shallow farm farmers feeding feet fertilizing materials field fodder form of nitrate full Ration grain grass green Ground Bone growth Hard Corn hives honey inches Indian Game KIND OF FERTILIZER Kingston land lime Maize MELVILLE BULL Mixed Minerals Moderately productive Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda nitrification nitrogen oats peas phosphoric acid plants plot 23 plowed poultry pounds Quality medium Rhode Island rows SAMUEL CUSHMAN season seed Seedling shelled corn skin light red skin white Soft Corn soil sown stable manure straw Sulph sulphate of ammonia Superphosphate TABLE SHOWING temperature tion Total yield Tubers varieties vines worms YIELDS PER PLOT
Popular passages
Page 17 - States as may in each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States or Territories.
Page 8 - If any portion of the fund invested, as provided by the foregoing section, or any portion of the interest thereon, shall, by any action or contingency, be diminished or lost, it shall be replaced by the State to which it belongs...
Page 14 - That payments of such installments of the appropriation herein made as shall become due to any State before the adjournment of the regular session of legislature meeting next after the passage of this act shall be made upon the assent of the governor thereof, duly certified to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 258 - That bulletins or reports of progress shall be published at said stations at least once in three months, one copy of which shall be sent to each newspaper in the States or Territories in which they are respectively located, and to such individuals actually engaged in farming as may request the same, and as far as the means of the station will permit.
Page 8 - ... that the moneys so invested shall constitute a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished (except so far as may be provided in section fifth of this act), and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this act...
Page 8 - ... moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they may belong, out of the treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied without any diminution whatever to the purposes hereinafter mentioned.
Page 13 - That whenever it shall appear to the Secretary of the Treasury from the annual statement of receipts and expenditures of any of said stations that a portion of the preceding annual appropriation remains unexpended, such amount shall be deducted from the next succeeding annual appropriation to such station...
Page 13 - States commissioner of agriculture to furnish forms, as far as practicable, for the tabulation of results of investigation or experiments; to indicate, from time to time, such lines of inquiry as to him shall seem most important; and, in general, to furnish such advice and assistance as will best promote the purposes of this act.
Page 9 - Fourth. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results, and such other matters, including State industrial and economical statistics, as may be supposed useful; one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail [free], by each, to all the other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of this act [7 USCS §§ 301 et seq.], and also one copy to the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 5 - ... charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums, and small pecuniary aids, to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement. This species of establishment contributes doubly to the increase of improvement, by stimulating to enterprise and experiment, and by drawing to a common centre the results everywhere of individual skill and observation, and spreading them thence over the whole nation. Experience accordingly has shown, that they are very cheap instruments...