Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of California1923 - Agriculture |
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Page 426 - Entomology. RALPH E. SMITH, Plant Pathology. J. ELIOT COIT, Citriculture. JOHN W. GILMORE, Agronomy. CHARLES F. SHAW, Soil Technology. JOHN W. GREGG, Landscape Gardening and Floriculture. FREDERIC T. BIOLETTI, Viticulture and Enology. WARREN T. CLARKE, Agricultural Extension. JOHN 8.
Page 4 - Farmers' Bulletin 473. Tuberculosis. A Plain Statement of Facts Regarding the Disease. Prepared Especially for Farmers and Others Interested in Live Stock. By the International Commission of the American Veterinary Medical Association on the Control of Bovine Tuberculosis. Pp. 23, figs. 13. Farmers
Page 5 - ... finite optical thicknesses will lead to the development of a mathematical theory at least as extensive as the one described in the lecture in the context of semi-infinite atmospheres. REFERENCES The following papers and monographs substantially form the basis of the report given in the lecture. The list is not intended to be a complete bibliography of the subject of the transfer of radiation in stellar atmospheres. VA AMBARZUMIAN CR (Doklady) Acad. Sci. URSS. vol. 38 (1943) p. 257. Russian Astronomical...
Page 93 - V± pound Slake the lime slowly with water and add the salt and sulfur while it is boiling. Add enough more water to make a good wash. This is good for whitewashing the bodies of trees in the fall. In localities where there are deer this whitewash is not recommended, as the deer are said to be attracted by the salt it contains and injure the trees. Government Whitewash. FORMULA 31 Quicklime 40 pounds Salt 15 pounds Rice flour 3 pounds Spanish whiting yz pound Glue 1 pound Water 5 gallons Grafting...
Page 9 - The Distribution and Use of Water in Modesto and Turlock Irrigation Districts, California, by Frank Adams; Relation of Irrigation to Yield, Size, Quality, and Commercial Suitability of Fruits...
Page 84 - If liquid soap cannot be obtained, use 20 pounds of fish oil soap dissolved in 10 gallons of boiling water to which 3 pounds of caustic soda or lye have been added. To kill moss or lichens on fruit trees, add 2 pounds of caustic soda or lye to the formula. During the spraying operation this emulsion should be thoroughly agitated and great care taken to wet all of the twigs. From 8 to 10 gallons should be used on a tree. PETROLEUM DISTILLATES Kerosene, of about 40° Baume...
Page 25 - ... perforating the leaves with very many holes so as to almost entirely consume them. The larvae pupate in small, white ribbed cocoons attached to the leaves or stems of the plants. The adults are white with black dots and other black markings. This insect normally feeds upon wild cotton, but in recent years has invaded the cotton belt of the Southwest, and while it prefers weak plants, it will attack perfectly healthy ones as well. Parasites do much to keep the insect in check but where severe...
Page 367 - Juglans regia." 281. 262. Citrus Diseases of Florida and Cuba Compared with Those of California.
Page 508 - Kellerman of the Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, and since then has been extensively used to control alga'e growth in lakes and reservoirs all over the United States.
Page 11 - ... compound solution of cresol) and picked up with the thumb and forefinger of the left hand. Then with the right hand the syringe needle is inserted just beneath the skin and the proper dose injected. With a little practice, one man with an assistant to catch the birds can vaccinate from 100 to 150 birds per hour.