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... acre in the localities studied . Of the total number of all species found in the average locality , it may be estimated that half will be moles and shrews and the other half mice . Food Habits . It has been demonstrated by several ...
... acre in the localities studied . Of the total number of all species found in the average locality , it may be estimated that half will be moles and shrews and the other half mice . Food Habits . It has been demonstrated by several ...
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... acre , it appears the number of meadow voles devoured by them on a farm of 100 acres in a year is 100x4x12x8-38400 . Since this number can scarcely be supplied , the capacity of the shrews for keeping the voles in check is not strained ...
... acre , it appears the number of meadow voles devoured by them on a farm of 100 acres in a year is 100x4x12x8-38400 . Since this number can scarcely be supplied , the capacity of the shrews for keeping the voles in check is not strained ...
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... acre , for a point near Ann Arbor , Michigan , at four individuals . These observations entirely coincide with my own made in West Virginia . I have found them very plentiful in fields and woods about Morgantown , in the glade lands and ...
... acre , for a point near Ann Arbor , Michigan , at four individuals . These observations entirely coincide with my own made in West Virginia . I have found them very plentiful in fields and woods about Morgantown , in the glade lands and ...
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... acre . It is the popular belief that peach trees cannot be grown continuously and profitably on the same land , the idea being that a single crop of peach trees would so exhaust the fruit producing qualities in the soil as to make it ...
... acre . It is the popular belief that peach trees cannot be grown continuously and profitably on the same land , the idea being that a single crop of peach trees would so exhaust the fruit producing qualities in the soil as to make it ...
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... acres in West Virginia of magnificent hay land which has never been under cultiva- tion at ali and many other thousands of acres finely suited to the production of the finest timothy , clover and alfalfa hay . The fifteen hundred car ...
... acres in West Virginia of magnificent hay land which has never been under cultiva- tion at ali and many other thousands of acres finely suited to the production of the finest timothy , clover and alfalfa hay . The fifteen hundred car ...
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Page 5 - 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 chemical composition of manures, natural...
Page 120 - An act to provide for cooperative agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several states receiving the benefits of an act of congress approved July 2, 1862, and of acts supplementary thereto, and the United States Department of Agriculture,
Page 5 - ... 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 120 - That in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science...
Page 121 - ... to each State which shall by action of its legislature assent to the provisions of this Act...
Page 7 - ... 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...
Page 120 - An act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 123 - Territory of its appropriation, the facts and reasons therefor shall be reported to the President, and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury until the close of the next Congress, in order that the State or Territory may, if it should so desire, appeal to Congress from the determination of the Secretary of Agriculture.
Page 45 - June 30, 1898 ; that we have found the same well kept, and classified as above, and that the receipts for the year from the treasurer of the United States are shown to have been...
Page 122 - ... shall, by any action or contingency, be -diminished or lost, or be misapplied, it shall be replaced by...