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 65
... feet without finding water . He afterwards learned more about the grass , so that he was satisfied it was perfectly at home in dry land . We know that the white pine will grow on almost a floating swamp ; it will grow also on the ...
... feet without finding water . He afterwards learned more about the grass , so that he was satisfied it was perfectly at home in dry land . We know that the white pine will grow on almost a floating swamp ; it will grow also on the ...
Page 101
... feet deep col- lects water , such land surely needs draining in order that paying crops may be raised . Land that bakes and cracks is often bene- fited by thorough drainage . Growing crops hang out the sign of the need of draining ...
... feet deep col- lects water , such land surely needs draining in order that paying crops may be raised . Land that bakes and cracks is often bene- fited by thorough drainage . Growing crops hang out the sign of the need of draining ...
Page 102
... feet of earth ; and after the ditch is dug to the proper grade , the laying of the stone is a very slow operation , few men laying over five rods a day , and with good stone to work with . In this style of drain the water conduit is ...
... feet of earth ; and after the ditch is dug to the proper grade , the laying of the stone is a very slow operation , few men laying over five rods a day , and with good stone to work with . In this style of drain the water conduit is ...
Page 103
... feet , with 2 or 3 - inch laterals with a fall of 4 inches in 100 , answers the purpose admirably . Laying out the drain : In laying out a system of drains the first point to determine upon is the outlet to the main drain . This should ...
... feet , with 2 or 3 - inch laterals with a fall of 4 inches in 100 , answers the purpose admirably . Laying out the drain : In laying out a system of drains the first point to determine upon is the outlet to the main drain . This should ...
Page 104
... feet apart , 64 rods are required to the acre ; 64 rods of 3 - inch tile delivered costs about $ 18 ; digging the trenches , at 80 cents , $ 51.20 ; laying the tile , at 3 cents , $ 1.92 ; filling trenches , at 10 cents , $ 6.40 ; total ...
... feet apart , 64 rods are required to the acre ; 64 rods of 3 - inch tile delivered costs about $ 18 ; digging the trenches , at 80 cents , $ 51.20 ; laying the tile , at 3 cents , $ 1.92 ; filling trenches , at 10 cents , $ 6.40 ; total ...
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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...