Annual Report of the Board of Control of the State Agricultural Experiment Station at Amherst, Mass., 1883[-94]: 1883-88Wright & Potter Printing Company, State Printers, 1884 - Agriculture |
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... GERMINATION OF WEED SEEDS . Material for these experiments was collected during the summer and autumn , and arrangements are already made for testing the germinating power of various kinds of seeds , 56 Experiment Station Report .
... GERMINATION OF WEED SEEDS . Material for these experiments was collected during the summer and autumn , and arrangements are already made for testing the germinating power of various kinds of seeds , 56 Experiment Station Report .
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... material for analysis was dried by artificial means . The bulk of the crop was put into a silo . The corn showed only the tassel , no silk having yet appeared . It was turned into ensilage at an earlier stage of growth than was ...
... material for analysis was dried by artificial means . The bulk of the crop was put into a silo . The corn showed only the tassel , no silk having yet appeared . It was turned into ensilage at an earlier stage of growth than was ...
Page 66
... material had been collected with care . The analytical work was carried on with a view of securing results of a strictly comparative value . They were stated with reference to a corresponding amount of moisture , to render differences ...
... material had been collected with care . The analytical work was carried on with a view of securing results of a strictly comparative value . They were stated with reference to a corresponding amount of moisture , to render differences ...
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1883-88 Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. The material for analysis consisted of the entire matured plant , and was collected August 26 , 1883 . HAY OF OATS . [ From one of the Experimental Plats of the Station . ] Moisture ...
1883-88 Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. The material for analysis consisted of the entire matured plant , and was collected August 26 , 1883 . HAY OF OATS . [ From one of the Experimental Plats of the Station . ] Moisture ...
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... material to steers . WHEAT BRAN . [ From JOHN L. HOLLEY , South Amherst , Mass . ] Thirty - three per cent . passed through mesh , 144 to the square inch . Analysis of Dry Matter . Percentage Com- position . Moisture , at 100 ° C. , Dry ...
... material to steers . WHEAT BRAN . [ From JOHN L. HOLLEY , South Amherst , Mass . ] Thirty - three per cent . passed through mesh , 144 to the square inch . Analysis of Dry Matter . Percentage Com- position . Moisture , at 100 ° C. , Dry ...
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66 Cellulose 66 Protein Nitrogenous Amherst ammonia amount of dry Analysis of Dry Average Calcium oxide cents per pound cob meal Constituents in lbs corn and cob corn ensilage Corn Meal Cost of Feed cows Crude Ash digestible dressed pork Dressed weight gained Dry Matter equal to dry Experiment Station farm feed consumed feed for production feeding experiments FEEDING PERIODS fodder articles fodder corn gained during experiment gestibility Constituents Gluten Meal grass horse bean inches Insoluble matter Insoluble phosphoric acid July Lactometer Live weight gained Magnesium oxide manure Mass Moisture at 100 muriate of potash Non-nitrogenous Extract Matter Nutritive Ratio Pearl Millet Percentage phosphoric acid plants plats Pomace Potassium oxide Pounds Digesti Protein Nitrogenous Matter quart of milk seed Sent Sept silo Skim-milk Sodium oxide soil sulphate temperature Total amount Total phosphoric acid unfertilized plats Valuation per 2,000 vetch weight of animal Wheat Bran yielded 1 lb
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Page 165 - ... at the drawing and sealing of said samples; one of said duplicate samples shall be retained by the director and the other by the party whose stock was sampled ; and the...
Page 164 - Before any commercial fertilizer, the retail price of which is ten dollars or more per ton, is sold, offered or exposed for sale, the importer, manufacturer or party who causes it to be sold or offered for sale within the state of...
Page 165 - Said director is hereby authorized in person or by deputy to take a sample, not exceeding two pounds in weight, for analysis, from any lot or package of fertilizer or any material used for...
Page 164 - ... provided, that whenever the manufacturer or importer shall have paid the fee herein required for any person acting as agent or seller for such manufacturer or importer, such agent or seller shall not be required to pay the fee named in this...
Page 159 - In most cases the valuation of the ingredients in superphosphates and specials falls below the retail price of these goods. The difference between the two figures represents the manufacturers' charges for converting raw materials into manufactured articles.
Page 164 - Any person selling or offering or exposing for sale any commercial fertilizer without the statement required by the first section of this act, or with a label stating that said fertilizer contains a larger percentage of any one or more of the constituents mentioned in said section than is contained therein, or...
Page 165 - ... or material sampled, the name of the party from whose stock the sample was drawn, and the time and place of drawing, and said label shall also be signed by the person taking the sample and by the party or parties in interest, or their representative present at the drawing and...
Page 163 - ... in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof, a plainly printed statement clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds in the...
Page 163 - Commonwealth, the retail price of which is ten dollars or more per ton, shall be accompanied by a plainly printed statement, clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds of fertilizer in the package, the name, brand or trade mark under which the fertilizer is sold, the name and address of the manufacturer or importer, the...
Page 164 - Massachusetts agricultural experiment station, a certified copy of the statement named in section one of this act, and shall also deposit with said director at his request a sealed glass jar or bottle, containing not less than one pound of the fertilizer, accompanied by an affidavit that it is a fair average sample thereof.