Bulletin, Issues 235-2451916 |
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Page viii
... observations on dairy cattle and other domestic animals . Said investigations shall be carried out under control of the director of the Maize Agricultural Experiment Station . There shall be appropriated annually from the State Treasury ...
... observations on dairy cattle and other domestic animals . Said investigations shall be carried out under control of the director of the Maize Agricultural Experiment Station . There shall be appropriated annually from the State Treasury ...
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... observed only five spontaneous crosses . Our own observations would tend to show even a much smaller number than this . For several years garden rows of different " Rimpau , W. Kreuzungsproduktion landw . Kulturpflanzen . Landw . Jahrb ...
... observed only five spontaneous crosses . Our own observations would tend to show even a much smaller number than this . For several years garden rows of different " Rimpau , W. Kreuzungsproduktion landw . Kulturpflanzen . Landw . Jahrb ...
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... observed a single natural cross . In no case were all the grains of any one row planted individually the next year , but in many cases a large per cent . of these have been grown . It seems certain that under our conditions , at least ...
... observed a single natural cross . In no case were all the grains of any one row planted individually the next year , but in many cases a large per cent . of these have been grown . It seems certain that under our conditions , at least ...
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... observed number of rows is not far from the expected . Thus in table 3 for the rows grown in 1912 there are in all 77 rows showing plus deviations and 79 rows showing minus deviations . It can also be shown that in the plus selections ...
... observed number of rows is not far from the expected . Thus in table 3 for the rows grown in 1912 there are in all 77 rows showing plus deviations and 79 rows showing minus deviations . It can also be shown that in the plus selections ...
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... observed average deviations . Slutsky " has recently extended Pearson's tests for the good- ness of fit to include other types of curves than frequency distri- butions . It is possible to apply this method to the present data . and ...
... observed average deviations . Slutsky " has recently extended Pearson's tests for the good- ness of fit to include other types of curves than frequency distri- butions . It is possible to apply this method to the present data . and ...
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Page ix - ... comparative effects on 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...
Page ix - That it shall be the object and duty of said experiment stations to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals; the diseases to which they are severally subject, with the remedies for the same; the chemical composition of useful plants at their different stages of growth; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying series of crops ; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation; the analysis of soils and water; the...
Page x - ... their comparative effects on 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...
Page 54 - C, (rows 9 to 12) has received annually since 1912, 1000 pounds per acre of a commercial fertilizer carrying 4 per cent of nitrogen, 8 per cent of available phosphoric acid and 7 per cent of potash.
Page xii - 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 227 - IV. On a General Formula for the Constitution of the nth Generation of a Mendelian Population in which all Matings are of Brother and Sister.
Page ix - ... analysis of soils and water; the chemical composition of manures, natural or artificial, with experiments designed to test their comparative effects on 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...
Page 142 - This is one of the most abundant and widely distributed species of the genus throughout the eastern US, but it seems to be confined in Maine to the southern and eastern portion of the state. To the north it appears to be replaced by apertus. One specimen taken at Orono in pasture July 3ist, Portland Aug. I4th, Highmoor Farm Aug.
Page xvi - Studies on the Physiology of Reproduction in the Domestic Fowl. XIV. The Effect of Feeding Pituitary Substance and Corpus Luteum Substance on Egg Production and Growth.
Page 55 - The orchards were annually fertilized at the rate of 1,000 pounds per acre of a commercial fertilizer carrying 4 per cent of nitrogen, 8 per cent of available phosphoric acid and 7 per cent potash. At the end of the third year the orchards had so far responded that they gave a good crop and since that time fertilizer experiments have been carried on in various portions of the orchards, as follows: The use of highly nitrogenous fertilizers...