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... alfalfa were produced , from which we obtained suf- ficent hay to supply our stock for the current year . At distances varying from 25 to 30 feet , we planted elms , maples , oaks and black locusts in the lot for tree culture ...
... alfalfa were produced , from which we obtained suf- ficent hay to supply our stock for the current year . At distances varying from 25 to 30 feet , we planted elms , maples , oaks and black locusts in the lot for tree culture ...
Page 7
... alfalfa field and was with difficulty prepared for seeding . It was practically impossible to remove all the alfalfa roots in season for proper seeding at the first date . The ground was put in fairly good condition , without the appli ...
... alfalfa field and was with difficulty prepared for seeding . It was practically impossible to remove all the alfalfa roots in season for proper seeding at the first date . The ground was put in fairly good condition , without the appli ...
Page 7
... alfalfa are often enormous . Can equally large crops of so valuable a plant of some other variety be grown and without requiring so much water ? It may be possible to obtain such a plant , and if it should be done it would add millions ...
... alfalfa are often enormous . Can equally large crops of so valuable a plant of some other variety be grown and without requiring so much water ? It may be possible to obtain such a plant , and if it should be done it would add millions ...
Page 13
... alfalfa . Yet Red Clo- ver proves a valuable forage plant in some parts of the State . It has been recognized as a valuable plant for more than twenty centuries , and has been under cultivation longer than any of the true grasses . It ...
... alfalfa . Yet Red Clo- ver proves a valuable forage plant in some parts of the State . It has been recognized as a valuable plant for more than twenty centuries , and has been under cultivation longer than any of the true grasses . It ...
Page 14
... alfalfa . Trifolium repens ( White Clover ) . This is a perennial clover , the smooth stem creeping and rooting at the joints . It is perfectly hardy in the United States , and starts into growth early in spring , and with a moderate ...
... alfalfa . Trifolium repens ( White Clover ) . This is a perennial clover , the smooth stem creeping and rooting at the joints . It is perfectly hardy in the United States , and starts into growth early in spring , and with a moderate ...
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ABSTRACT Agricultural Experiment Station alfalfa amount of seed analysis annual report apple Board of Control Board of Regents Botany broom corn Bulletin Carson cent Clover Codling moth corn crop Date December 31 Director drilled Early Rose Early Sunrise ending June 30 eyes F. H. HILLMAN Fair farm farmers favor feed feet Ferry field fiscal year ending flesh forage plants fruit GERMAN OR FRENCH given grain Grass growing grown growth Henderson hereby certify Hulless inches insects irrigation June 30 laboratory land larvæ Latin Lithophane medium NATHANIEL E Nevada Agricultural Experiment Nevada State University oats orchard ounces plats plot pods potatoes pounds per acre practical R. H. MCDOWELL received Reno Washoe Respectfully ripened rows samples School season SECOND TERM smooth smut soil sorghum sown stalks submitted sucrose sugar beets THIRD TERM tion Total varieties vitriol Washoe Washoe Washoe weight wheat White Australian yield
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Page 46 - That it shall be the object and duty of said experiment stations to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals; the diseases to which they are severally subject, with the remedies for the same...
Page 41 - That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each Senator and Representative in Congress...
Page 46 - That in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science...
Page 41 - State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to issue to each of the States in which there is not the quantity of public lands subject to sale at private...
Page 42 - ... the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the Legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
Page 17 - An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two...
Page 42 - 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 48 - AN ACT To establish agricultural experiment stations In connection with the colleges established In the several States under the provisions of an act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the acts supplementary thereto...
Page 46 - 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 be"st promote the purposes of this act.
Page 41 - State may be entitled under the provisions of this act land scrip to the amount in acres for the deficiency of its distributive share; said scrip to be sold by said States and the proceeds thereof applied to the uses and purposes prescribed in this act, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever...