Bulletin, Issues 235-2451916 |
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... obtaining any permanent result . East and Hayes found that selection to increase the number of leaves on self - fertilized to- bacco plants gave no results . Hutcheson has recently shown that thirteen years of selection to increase the ...
... obtaining any permanent result . East and Hayes found that selection to increase the number of leaves on self - fertilized to- bacco plants gave no results . Hutcheson has recently shown that thirteen years of selection to increase the ...
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... obtained by difference . All of these characters can be easily and rapidly obtained . One difficulty not clearly foreseen is that each of these characters is highly corre- lated with each of the other characters , so that , as a matter ...
... obtained by difference . All of these characters can be easily and rapidly obtained . One difficulty not clearly foreseen is that each of these characters is highly corre- lated with each of the other characters , so that , as a matter ...
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... obtained as usual . In no case were plants included which were in any way mutilated . On this account the number of plants was sometimes less than 20 . In the following paper all results are based upon the average per plant of the given ...
... obtained as usual . In no case were plants included which were in any way mutilated . On this account the number of plants was sometimes less than 20 . In the following paper all results are based upon the average per plant of the given ...
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... obtained in 1911. In this year the conditions for the growth of garden plants was very favorable . The lowest yield was obtained in 1913. This was not a good oat year in many respects . However , two things contributed to make this ...
... obtained in 1911. In this year the conditions for the growth of garden plants was very favorable . The lowest yield was obtained in 1913. This was not a good oat year in many respects . However , two things contributed to make this ...
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... obtain a significant correlation due entirely to the heterogeneity of the material . For these reasons it is desirable to obtain some measure of the yield which is not so greatly affected by the seasonal fluc- tuations . The simplest ...
... obtain a significant correlation due entirely to the heterogeneity of the material . For these reasons it is desirable to obtain some measure of the yield which is not so greatly affected by the seasonal fluc- tuations . The simplest ...
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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...