Annual Report of the Secretary of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture, Volume 22Press of Case, Lockwood and Company, 1888 Report for 1898 has Appendix: Condensed index of reports of Connecticut Board of Agriculture, 1866-1898. |
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Page 127
... Muriate of potash , Dissolved bone - black , Total , · 185 pounds . 140 ( 6 185 66 780 66 - 1290 pounds . It contained 4 per cent . of nitrogen , 7 per cent . of potash , and 9.8 per cent . of phosphoric acid . This mixture was well ...
... Muriate of potash , Dissolved bone - black , Total , · 185 pounds . 140 ( 6 185 66 780 66 - 1290 pounds . It contained 4 per cent . of nitrogen , 7 per cent . of potash , and 9.8 per cent . of phosphoric acid . This mixture was well ...
Page 150
... potash . These amounts of plant food can be conveniently obtained from different materials . He advised using 320 pounds of sulphate of ammonia , 248 pounds of super - phosphate , and 154 pounds of muriate of potash . The cor- rectness ...
... potash . These amounts of plant food can be conveniently obtained from different materials . He advised using 320 pounds of sulphate of ammonia , 248 pounds of super - phosphate , and 154 pounds of muriate of potash . The cor- rectness ...
Page 153
... Muriate of potash , alone , did not pay , but in combination with phosphoric acid it gave better results than either alone . In a series of experiments conducted by me this year , for the Storrs School Experiment Station , this feature ...
... Muriate of potash , alone , did not pay , but in combination with phosphoric acid it gave better results than either alone . In a series of experiments conducted by me this year , for the Storrs School Experiment Station , this feature ...
Page 154
... muriate potash , 150 pounds , was 38.8 bushels , cost , $ 9.09 . - Plot No. 7. With nitrate of soda , 150 pounds ; dissolved bone black , 350 pounds ; muriate of potash , 150 pounds ; — the yield was 40.9 bushels , cost $ 12.84 . Plot ...
... muriate potash , 150 pounds , was 38.8 bushels , cost , $ 9.09 . - Plot No. 7. With nitrate of soda , 150 pounds ; dissolved bone black , 350 pounds ; muriate of potash , 150 pounds ; — the yield was 40.9 bushels , cost $ 12.84 . Plot ...
Page 169
... muriate of potash , and those elements upon our soil will always bring a crop . We have used nitrate of soda upon our land in the drills for fodder corn , and you could see as far as you could see the lot , a much larger growth of corn ...
... muriate of potash , and those elements upon our soil will always bring a crop . We have used nitrate of soda upon our land in the drills for fodder corn , and you could see as far as you could see the lot , a much larger growth of corn ...
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Page 2 - ... 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 5 - 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 4 - 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 the 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 2 - ... 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 chemical composition of manures, natural or artificial...
Page 1 - 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 176 - Agriculture to furnish forms, as far as practicable, for the tabulation of results of investigations or experiments; to indicate, from time to time, such lines of inquiry as to him shall seem most important; and, in general, to furnish such advice and assistance as will best promote the purposes of this Act.
Page 3 - ... same, and as far as the means of the station will permit. Such bulletins or reports and the annual reports of said stations shall be transmitted in the mails of the United States free of charge for postage, under such regulatious as the Postmaster-General may from time to time prescribe.
Page 3 - That whenever it shall appear to the Secretary of the Treasury from the annual statement of receipts and expenditures of any of said stations that a portion of the preceding annual appropriation remains unexpended, such amount shall be deducted from the next succeeding annual appropriation to such station...
Page 1 - 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 15 - Board of Agriculture; provided, that whenever the manufacturer or importer shall have paid the license...