Annual Report of the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station, Volume 2Free Press printing Company, 1889 - Agriculture |
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... frost . Sanford Corn , cut at Station Farm , October 1 , after a heavy frost . Stowell's Evergreen Ensilage Corn , cut at Station Farm , October 1 , after a heavy frost . Southern White Ensilage Corn , cut on farm of N. A. Prior ...
... frost . Sanford Corn , cut at Station Farm , October 1 , after a heavy frost . Stowell's Evergreen Ensilage Corn , cut at Station Farm , October 1 , after a heavy frost . Southern White Ensilage Corn , cut on farm of N. A. Prior ...
Page 79
... frost and continues to grow until the ground freezes or it is buried in snow . It is very rapid and vigorous in growth and a nutritious and well balanced feed . The crop on the Station Farm was sown July 31 , and feeding was commenced ...
... frost and continues to grow until the ground freezes or it is buried in snow . It is very rapid and vigorous in growth and a nutritious and well balanced feed . The crop on the Station Farm was sown July 31 , and feeding was commenced ...
Page 80
... frost on the composition of fodder corn was made the subject of several tests . The frosts of the early part of September touched a good many of the leaves of the Sanford corn . A few days before the hard frosts of September 30 , these ...
... frost on the composition of fodder corn was made the subject of several tests . The frosts of the early part of September touched a good many of the leaves of the Sanford corn . A few days before the hard frosts of September 30 , these ...
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... frost , and Remarks . Allen Morse Calais .. May 10 . Rich loam soil . In Aug. Rich loam . E. P. Seamans ..... Middletown Springs . May 8 . Sandy , in a high July 20 . state cultivation . D. R. Sherwin ..... Hyde Park .. May 9 . Rich ...
... frost , and Remarks . Allen Morse Calais .. May 10 . Rich loam soil . In Aug. Rich loam . E. P. Seamans ..... Middletown Springs . May 8 . Sandy , in a high July 20 . state cultivation . D. R. Sherwin ..... Hyde Park .. May 9 . Rich ...
Page 101
... frost injuring the beans and melons slightly . A hard freeze occurred on Septem- ber 30 , killing everything to the ground . EXPLANATIONS OF ABBREVIATIONS . The following abbreviations have been used for the names of seedsmen : Bgg ...
... frost injuring the beans and melons slightly . A hard freeze occurred on Septem- ber 30 , killing everything to the ground . EXPLANATIONS OF ABBREVIATIONS . The following abbreviations have been used for the names of seedsmen : Bgg ...
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Page 39 - ... crops of different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of food for domestic animals; the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese; and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United 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 38 - That in order to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture and home economics, and to encourage the application of the same...
Page 38 - AN ACT To establish agricultural experiment stations In connection with the colleges established In the several States under the provisions of an act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and of the acts supplementary thereto...
Page 38 - An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 40 - That out of the first annual appropriation so received by any station an amount not exceeding one-fifth may be expended in the erection, enlargement, or repair of a building or buildings necessary for carrying on the work of such station ; and thereafter an amount not exceeding five per centum of such annual appropriation may be so expended.
Page 30 - ... 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 director or his deputy and by the party or parties in interest or their representative at the drawing and...
Page 41 - 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 30 - 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 9 - June 30, 1002 ; that we have found the same well kept and classified as above, and that the receipts for the year from the treasurer of the United .States are shown to have been...
Page 39 - ... to the Secretary of Agriculture and to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.