Annual report of the Office of Experiment Stations. 1904U.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 |
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... better in many cases to drop these men from the station staffs , at least until the station re- sources are considerably augmented . The division of the station . funds among too many departments is still a cause of general weak- ness ...
... better in many cases to drop these men from the station staffs , at least until the station re- sources are considerably augmented . The division of the station . funds among too many departments is still a cause of general weak- ness ...
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... better adapted to the peculiar needs of the agricultural practicum , which is rapidly becoming a most valuable feature of instruction in agriculture . Much attention has been given to the improvement . of college courses in agriculture ...
... better adapted to the peculiar needs of the agricultural practicum , which is rapidly becoming a most valuable feature of instruction in agriculture . Much attention has been given to the improvement . of college courses in agriculture ...
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... better organization , more liberal financial support , and a larger number of efficient work- ers . The form of organization most approved is that of a strong , permanent local organization in every institute district , with fully and ...
... better organization , more liberal financial support , and a larger number of efficient work- ers . The form of organization most approved is that of a strong , permanent local organization in every institute district , with fully and ...
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... better varieties either through the adaptation of hard wheats to irrigation or through the progressive improvement of soft wheats by better methods of applying water . The studies of preparing land for irrigation and the collection of ...
... better varieties either through the adaptation of hard wheats to irrigation or through the progressive improvement of soft wheats by better methods of applying water . The studies of preparing land for irrigation and the collection of ...
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... better understood by landowners , more satisfactory results will doubtless be obtained in the future than were realized in the first attempts . OTHER BRANCHES OF RURAL ENGINEERING . The studies of the use of power in pumping and ...
... better understood by landowners , more satisfactory results will doubtless be obtained in the future than were realized in the first attempts . OTHER BRANCHES OF RURAL ENGINEERING . The studies of the use of power in pumping and ...
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Page 229 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to 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...
Page 233 - Territory shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction...
Page 229 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings; Third.
Page 389 - an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure...
Page 228 - States in sections, or subdivisions of sections not less than one quarter of a section ; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre...
Page 245 - That for the purpose of paying the necessary expenses of conducting investigations and experiments and printing and distributing the results as hereinbefore prescribed, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars per annum is hereby appropriated to each State, to be specially provided for by Congress in the appropriations from year to year, and to each Territory entitled under the provisions of section...
Page 229 - ... 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 of life.
Page 232 - SEC. 10. Nothing in this act shall be held or construed as binding the United States to continue any payments from the treasury to any or all the States or institutions mentioned in this act, but Congress may at any time amend, suspend or repeal any or all of the provisions of this act.
Page 232 - 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 228 - Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the expenses of management, superintendence, and taxes from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of the moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they...