Annual Report of the Board of Control of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station, (Geneva, Ontario County), ... , with Reports of Director and Other Officers, Issue 24State Printers, 1906 - Agriculture |
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Page 201 - The paris green was invariably used at the rate of one pound to fifty gallons of water, lime water or bordeaux as the case might be. The spraying was done thoroughly and uniformly with a knapsack sprayer, always going over the plants twice — out on one side of the row and back on the other. First spraying. — The first _spraying was made July 7.
Page 216 - United States Department of Agriculture, New York Section of the Climate and Crop Service of the Weather Bureau. Vaccination Enquirer.
Page 55 - Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is — The process of preparing for distribution nitrogen-gathering organisms, which consists in moistening suitable absorbent material with a solution in which such organisms are suspended, and afterward thoroughly drying the said materials substantially as hereinbefore described.
Page 45 - THE QUALITY OF COMMERCIAL CULTURES FOR LEGUMES.* HA HARDING AND MJ PRUCHA. SUMMARY. I. During the past two years much interest has been shown in the inoculation of legumes with bacteria to enable the legumes to obtain nitrogen from the air. II. These bacteria have been distributed in a dried condition upon cotton. Before being applied to the seeds the cotton is put into a solution of chemicals and the bacteria allowed to multiply. III. These packages of treated cotton have had a wide sale at a high...
Page 369 - In most commercial fertilizers used on fruit trees the phosphoric acid is present in proportions about four times the nitrogen. This is on the assumption that the soil contains more nitrogen relatively than phosphoric acid, which may or may not be true in individual cases. The question may be raised as to whether quantities of phosphoric acid are not frequently applied much in excess of the actual need of a season's crops.
Page 138 - Bulletin 241, pp. 267-269. of an Eclipse No. 2 pump mounted in a 100-gallon barrel on a two-wheeled cart.32 One man did both .the pumping and the driving. The bordeaux used contained six pounds of blue vitriol to 50 gallons of water with sufficient lime added to satisfy the yellowprussiate-of -potash test. Paris green was used freely with the bordeaux — at the rate of two pounds to 50 gallons in the first four sprayings. Altogether 110 pounds of paris green were used on the 14 acres which is at...
Page 193 - In general, commence spraying when the plants are six to eight inches high and repeat the treatment at intervals of 10 to 14 days in order to keep the plants well covered with bordeaux throughout the season. During epidemics of blight it may be necessary to spray as often as once a week. Usually six applications will be required. The bordeaux should contain four pounds of copper sulphate to each 50 gallons in the first two sprayings and six pounds to 50 gallons in subsequent sprayings.
Page 23 - REPORT OF ANALYSES OF SAMPLES OF FERTILIZERS COLLECTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE DURING 1906.
Page 118 - ... field somewhat hilly, Mr. Pettit thought best to fit the sprayer for use with two horses. The dates of spraying in the field in which the test rows were located were as follows: — July 20, August 1, 13 and 25 and September 7. The bordeaux used was made by the usual formula; namely, six pounds of copper sulphate, four pounds of lime and fifty gallons of water. The eight-acre field was about 100 rods from the water supply, but the smaller field was nearer. There were so few bugs that it was unnecessary...