Annual Report of the Secretary of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture, Volume 30Press of Case, Lockwood and Company, 1897 - Agriculture Report for 1898 has Appendix: Condensed index of reports of Connecticut Board of Agriculture, 1866-1898. |
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Page 74
... manure . To plant a crop without some kind of manure or plant food is , as a rule , to plant and cultivate for a small crop , without any profit , perhaps , as well as still re- ducing what little fertility there is left in the soil ...
... manure . To plant a crop without some kind of manure or plant food is , as a rule , to plant and cultivate for a small crop , without any profit , perhaps , as well as still re- ducing what little fertility there is left in the soil ...
Page 75
... manure of some kind , to help out his own supply , is not the purpose of this paper . I would simply say , however , that , as a class , those who are most care- ful to save their yard manure , and who also buy and use the larger ...
... manure of some kind , to help out his own supply , is not the purpose of this paper . I would simply say , however , that , as a class , those who are most care- ful to save their yard manure , and who also buy and use the larger ...
Page 76
... manure , which reads as follows : Water , Organic or volatile matter , Ash , • 82.42 per cent . 15.33 66 2.24 " " From this it is seen that in every ton of this manure there is 1,648 lbs . of water , which is of no use whatever , and if ...
... manure , which reads as follows : Water , Organic or volatile matter , Ash , • 82.42 per cent . 15.33 66 2.24 " " From this it is seen that in every ton of this manure there is 1,648 lbs . of water , which is of no use whatever , and if ...
Page 77
... manure ? Very little . If the soil already contains phosphoric acid and potash , we will , by the addition of stable manure , get a good crop in favorable seasons from the ammonia it contains . But a larger crop may be had at a less ...
... manure ? Very little . If the soil already contains phosphoric acid and potash , we will , by the addition of stable manure , get a good crop in favorable seasons from the ammonia it contains . But a larger crop may be had at a less ...
Page 78
... manure to secure the same results as would be obtained by plowing in that clover ? If undecom- posed stable manure alone is used there is often much danger of its doing the crops more harm than good , and especially is this the case ...
... manure to secure the same results as would be obtained by plowing in that clover ? If undecom- posed stable manure alone is used there is often much danger of its doing the crops more harm than good , and especially is this the case ...
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Page 170 - To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 163 - In the dietary studies made in connection with the nutrition investigations of the Office of Experiment Stations of the United States Department of Agriculture...
Page 70 - No person, by himself or his agents or servants, shall render or manufacture, sell, ship, consign, offer for sale, expose for sale, or have in his possession with intent to sell, any article, product or compound made wholly or partly out of any fat, oil or oleaginous substance or compound thereof, not produced from unadulterated milk or cream from the same...
Page 83 - ... a plainly printed statement clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds in the...
Page 97 - March, 1891, the respective ingredients could be bought at retail for cash in our large markets, in the raw materials, which are the regular source of supply. They also correspond to the average wholesale prices for the six months ending March 1, plus about twenty per cent, in case of goods for which we have wholesale quotations.
Page xvi - In the case of food or drink. 1. If any substance or substances has or have been mixed with it so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength.
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Page iv - Jersey citizen who is concerned in agriculture, whether farmer, manufacturer, or dealer, has the right to apply to the Station for any assistance that comes within its province to render, and the Station will respond to all applications as far as lies in its power.
Page 73 - ... any milk diluted with water, or any unclean, impure, unhealthy, adulterated or unwholesome milk, or milk from which any of the cream has been taken, except pure skim milk to skim-cheese factories.