Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of North CarolinaEdwards & Broughton, 1903 - Agriculture |
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Page 11 - ... during the present field season to the Mount Mitchell area in the interest of the fruit growers. There is no more interesting development at the present time in the Atlantic coast States than that of the fruit interests in the mountains of Virginia. North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. From the work so far done in these States it is clearly apparent that the soil has an important bearing on the different fruit crops, and the apple and peach soils can be identified and outlined as a basis for...
Page 26 - State, which is being conducted by the Bureau of Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture...
Page 26 - In some states this work has been done in cooperation with the Bureau of Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Page 20 - ... the aid of the bacteria of the soil, to nitrates, similar to nitrate of soda. They are valuable then as plant food in proportion to their content of ammonia, and the rapidity with which they decay in the soil, or rather the rate of decay, will determine the quickness of their action as fertilizers. With short season, quick-growing crops, quickness of action is an important consideration, but with crops occupying the land during the greater portion or all of the growing season it is better to...
Page 11 - ... these States it is clearly apparent that the soil has an important bearing on the different fruit crops, and the apple and peach soils can be identified and outlined as a basis for the intelligent development of these industries. Not only are certain soils adapted to apples, but certain varieties of apples do better on some soils than on others, and the same is probably true of other fruits. The North Carolina department of agriculture has cooperated very cordially and very helpfully in this...
Page 10 - With investigations and experiments directed to the introduction and fostering of new agricultural industries adapted to the various climates and soils of the state, and especially of new fodder plants and feeding stuffs.
Page 11 - ... area, which is not as yet very thickly settled. The work in the Hickory area was in the interest of general farming and, in the mountainous portion, of fruit growing. It is proposed to extend this work during the present field season to the Mount Mitchell area in the interest of the fruit growers. There is no more interesting development at the present time in the Atlantic coast States than that of the fruit interests in the mountains of Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. From the...
Page 6 - ... regulations in restraint of trade. Commercial Fertilizers Section 4688 charges the Commissioner of Agriculture with supervision of the trade in commercial fertilizers and with reporting to solicitors and the General Assembly information as to the existence or formation of trusts or combinations dealing in fertilizers or fertilizing materials which are or may be offered for sale, whereby the interest of the farmers may be injuriously affected, such information to be published in the Bulletin of...
Page 15 - ... distinct soil types were recognized and their agricultural values determined. It seems almost incredible that in a district so comparatively small as this, and on what has always been considered rather a uniform portion of the coastal plain, there should be so...
Page 20 - ... the soil, or rather the rate of decay, will determine the quickness of their action as fertilizers. With short season, quick-growing crops, quickness of action is an important consideration, but with crops occupying the land during the greater portion or all of the growing season it is better to have a fertilizer that will become available more slowly, so as to feed the plant till maturity. Cotton-seed meal and dried blood decompose fairly rapidly, but will last the greater portion, if not all,...