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Page 24
... increased his stock to fourteen cows , one pair oxen and two horses , selling off his sheep . During the season of 1888 the plowed ground was seeded to oats and the crop secured by Mr. Tefft , and the pastures stocked with cattle . The ...
... increased his stock to fourteen cows , one pair oxen and two horses , selling off his sheep . During the season of 1888 the plowed ground was seeded to oats and the crop secured by Mr. Tefft , and the pastures stocked with cattle . The ...
Page 40
... increased to two - thirds of the total dry matter , the digestibility of the pro- teine is lowered one - fourth . " 4 ARTIFICIAL DIGESTION . An artificial method for determining the digestibility of fodders by use of the natural juices ...
... increased to two - thirds of the total dry matter , the digestibility of the pro- teine is lowered one - fourth . " 4 ARTIFICIAL DIGESTION . An artificial method for determining the digestibility of fodders by use of the natural juices ...
Page 42
... increasing the fat of the ani- mal though evidently undergoing in the various processes , certain modifications . Babcock ' after feeding large amounts of cotton seed meal to milch cows , thereby affecting the composition of the milk ...
... increasing the fat of the ani- mal though evidently undergoing in the various processes , certain modifications . Babcock ' after feeding large amounts of cotton seed meal to milch cows , thereby affecting the composition of the milk ...
Page 43
... increased by nearly the whole of that in the added proteine . Only by feeding proteine in enormous quan- tities can this loss of flesh be even temporarily prevented . If under like conditions we try to feed fat alone it neither pre ...
... increased by nearly the whole of that in the added proteine . Only by feeding proteine in enormous quan- tities can this loss of flesh be even temporarily prevented . If under like conditions we try to feed fat alone it neither pre ...
Page 68
... increased value of the stable manure from stock fed on rich nitrogenous food . Again , we have observed from our cash account , if we have kept one , or from our low bank account , if we have been so fortunate as to have one , that it ...
... increased value of the stable manure from stock fed on rich nitrogenous food . Again , we have observed from our cash account , if we have kept one , or from our low bank account , if we have been so fortunate as to have one , that it ...
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Abbott Run acre Agricultural Experiment Station air-slacked lime analyses Annual Report apiary applied bees Board of Managers Bordeaux Mixture breeding Bulletin bushels cent chemical clover cob 1 bush comb honey crop digestible disease Dissolved Bone Dissolved Boneblack Division Early eyes shallow farm farmers feeding feet fertilizing materials field fodder form of nitrate full Ration grain grass green Ground Bone growth Hard Corn hives honey inches Indian Game KIND OF FERTILIZER Kingston land lime Maize MELVILLE BULL Mixed Minerals Moderately productive Muriate of Potash Nitrate of Soda nitrification nitrogen oats peas phosphoric acid plants plot 23 plowed poultry pounds Quality medium Rhode Island rows SAMUEL CUSHMAN season seed Seedling shelled corn skin light red skin white Soft Corn soil sown stable manure straw Sulph sulphate of ammonia Superphosphate TABLE SHOWING temperature tion Total yield Tubers varieties vines worms YIELDS PER PLOT
Popular passages
Page 17 - States as may in each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States or Territories.
Page 8 - 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 14 - That payments of such installments of the appropriation herein made as shall become due to any State before the adjournment of the regular session of legislature meeting next after the passage of this act shall be made upon the assent of the governor thereof, duly certified to the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 258 - That bulletins or reports of progress shall be published at said stations at least once in three months, one copy of which shall be sent to each newspaper in the States or Territories in which they are respectively located, and to such individuals actually engaged in farming as may request the same, and as far as the means of the station will permit.
Page 8 - ... that the moneys so invested shall constitute a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished (except so far as may be provided in section fifth of this act), and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this act...
Page 8 - ... moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they may belong, out of the treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied without any diminution whatever to the purposes hereinafter mentioned.
Page 13 - That whenever it shall appear to the Secretary of the Treasury from the annual statement of receipts and expenditures of any of said stations that a portion of the preceding annual appropriation remains unexpended, such amount shall be deducted from the next succeeding annual appropriation to such station...
Page 13 - 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 best promote the purposes of this act.
Page 9 - Fourth. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results, and such other matters, including State industrial and economical statistics, as may be supposed useful; one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail [free], by each, to all the other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of this act [7 USCS §§ 301 et seq.], and also one copy to the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 5 - ... charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums, and small pecuniary aids, to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement. This species of establishment contributes doubly to the increase of improvement, by stimulating to enterprise and experiment, and by drawing to a common centre the results everywhere of individual skill and observation, and spreading them thence over the whole nation. Experience accordingly has shown, that they are very cheap instruments...