Annual Report of the Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station, Volume 2Free Press printing Company, 1889 - Agriculture |
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... probably fall into the hands of many who have not seen the previous bulletins and reports of the Experiment Station , it seems to be a fitting time and place in which to give a short sketch of the past history of the Experiment Station ...
... probably fall into the hands of many who have not seen the previous bulletins and reports of the Experiment Station , it seems to be a fitting time and place in which to give a short sketch of the past history of the Experiment Station ...
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... were obtained during the season , averaging at the rate of about three tons per acre at each cutting . We expect next scason to get at least four , and probably five cuttings , each of REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR . 15 Forage Crops.
... were obtained during the season , averaging at the rate of about three tons per acre at each cutting . We expect next scason to get at least four , and probably five cuttings , each of REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR . 15 Forage Crops.
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Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station. least four , and probably five cuttings , each of which will be much heavier than any cutting this year . The roots are perennial and are not inclined to spread , they remain in the original hills ...
Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station. least four , and probably five cuttings , each of which will be much heavier than any cutting this year . The roots are perennial and are not inclined to spread , they remain in the original hills ...
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... probably get from it the full feeding value as indicated by chemical analysis . We feed ten pounds a day in two feeds of five pounds each , night and morning . Feeding in this way a cow would eat a ton during the winter season , and ...
... probably get from it the full feeding value as indicated by chemical analysis . We feed ten pounds a day in two feeds of five pounds each , night and morning . Feeding in this way a cow would eat a ton during the winter season , and ...
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... comes within the strict meaning of the term , most probably has a value for crop production , equal to that of the soluble form , but it is not clear that this EXPLANATION OF TERMS . 45 Soluble Phosphoric Acid Reverted Phosphoric Acid.
... comes within the strict meaning of the term , most probably has a value for crop production , equal to that of the soluble form , but it is not clear that this EXPLANATION OF TERMS . 45 Soluble Phosphoric Acid Reverted Phosphoric Acid.
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acre Agricultural Experiment Station albuminoids alfalfa ammonia analysis Apple Maggot apples arsenious oxide average Bone Superphosphate Bowker's Bpee Bradley's brand of fertilizer bulletins Burlington butter commercial fertilizers cows cream creameries dissolved bone black Dissolved S. C. Rock dollars dry matter Early eggs ensilage Ensilage Corn Essex Junction farmer feeding value Fodder Corn frost fruit Greg Gregory ground Guano hills inches ingredients insect Insoluble Phosphoric Acid July July 28 June June 28 kainite land larvæ manufacturer meal Medium 66 medium tubers muriate of potash Organic Nitrogen Paris green pepsin phosphate slag Planted with 25 plots pomace Potato Phosphate pounds prickly comfrey Quinnipiac Reverted Phosphoric Acid rows Sanford corn Sea Fowl season seed Sept silo soil sold or offered Soluble South Carolina rock stalks Station Farm Superphosphate Total Phosphoric Acid trees undissolved University of Vermont valuation varieties Vermont weight Whole milk
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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.