Annual Report [with Accompanying Documents]., Volume 3 |
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Page 6 - Dr. To receipts fro-m the treasurer of the United States, as per appropriation for fiscal year ending June 30.
Page 201 - ... rows of Series I received no insecticide or fungicide of any kind. As soon as Colorado potato beetles appeared they were gathered by hand. Fortunately they were less numerous than usual, making it possible to control them completely by going over the plants every other day or, at most, once a day. 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,...
Page 367 - It would appear from these data that the relative proportions of the different plant-food constituents are approximately the same for these different varieties of fruit trees. This means that, under like conditions of soil fertility, a mixture of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash which would meet the requirements of one variety would also meet the needs of the other varieties, so far as the supply of these plant-food constituents is concerned. What particular proportions are best adapted to meet...
Page 36 - ... advantage, but for the last month of feeding even less food was required per pound gain than by Lots I and III. The ration for Lot III was in some respects the more satisfactory and permitted practically equal growth to that by Lot I. Owing to the higher price for the by-product called " milk albumen " the ration was less profitable, the average cost of growth exceeding by over 27 per ct. that for Lot I. EXPERIMENT WITH CHICKS. CONDITIONS. At another time four similar lots of chicks were fed...
Page 55 - ... substantially as hereinbefore described. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.
Page 369 - The amounts of nitrogen and potash used by any one kind of fruit trees were approximately the same in most cases while the amount of phosphoric acid was only about one-fourth the nitrogen or potash. 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...
Page 193 - In general, commence spraying when the plants are six to eight inches high1 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 advisable to spray as often as once a week.2 Usually, six applications will be required.
Page 177 - Ibs. of water. Stir thoroughly at frequent intervals, and after two or three hours decant or siphon the clear liquid from the undissolved lime. The lime and sugar solution can be conveniently mixed in a revolving barrel churn. The quantities named are sufficient for about 8 gallons of standard solution of sucrate of lime. The solution will keep indefinitely if placed in well stoppered bottles, but if open to the air will gradually absorb carbonic acid gas and the lime will separate. After siphoning...
Page 23 - There are presented in this bulletin the analyses of samples of fertilizers collected by the Commissioner of Agriculture during...
Page 220 - Throughout the peach sections of the central and western portions of the state some trees were killed or injured so they died subsequently. The crop was a normal one, though temperatures that are commonly supposed to mean death to fruit buds existed in hundreds of orchards. • APPEARANCE OF TREES AT END OF WINTER. At the end of the winter the external appearance of the trees was entirely normal. The bark of the trunk was smooth and of normal color and the twigs in all parts of the trees were plump...