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... carried out . In April we inspected several orchards in the vicinity of Ravenswood , Jackson coun- ty . One orchard was found badly infested with the San Jose scale but just prior to our visit there it had been sprayed with the lime ...
... carried out . In April we inspected several orchards in the vicinity of Ravenswood , Jackson coun- ty . One orchard was found badly infested with the San Jose scale but just prior to our visit there it had been sprayed with the lime ...
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... carried by the caterpillar wherever it goes . As the caterpillar grows the case , or bag , is enlarged , and when growth is completed it attaches the bag to a twig by a strong , silken band and changes within to a pupa . In about three ...
... carried by the caterpillar wherever it goes . As the caterpillar grows the case , or bag , is enlarged , and when growth is completed it attaches the bag to a twig by a strong , silken band and changes within to a pupa . In about three ...
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... carry the species over winter . The small , black , shining objects which are frequently found on the terminal ... carried from tree to tree . The latter method will prove most effective for the reason that the curled condition of ...
... carry the species over winter . The small , black , shining objects which are frequently found on the terminal ... carried from tree to tree . The latter method will prove most effective for the reason that the curled condition of ...
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... carried on only during the warmer part of the day , usually between 9 a . m . and 4 p . m . , and about a week is probably required by a female for laying her full quota of eggs . The life of a moth of either sex is not likely to exceed ...
... carried on only during the warmer part of the day , usually between 9 a . m . and 4 p . m . , and about a week is probably required by a female for laying her full quota of eggs . The life of a moth of either sex is not likely to exceed ...
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... carried on I have from time to time revised and extended my estimates as to the average number of animals occurring per acre in the localities studied . Of the total number of all species found in the average locality , it may be ...
... carried on I have from time to time revised and extended my estimates as to the average number of animals occurring per acre in the localities studied . Of the total number of all species found in the average locality , it may be ...
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A. L. Dacy abundant Acorn Weevil acre Agriculture amount apple attack bark barrels beans beetles Berkeley County Bordeaux mixture borers bulletin burrows bushels cabbage cane cent chestnut chestnut oak chicks codling moth color County crop cultivation destroyed disease Early eggs Entomologist Experiment Station farm farmers feeding female fertilizer field fowls garden ground growers growing grown H. L. Smith habits hatch hole Horticulture Imbach inch infested injury insects July larvae leaf leaves lime method mice mist sprays mole Monongalia Counties mouse nurseries nuts orchard oviposition pack peach plants plum curculio potatoes poultry pounds produced pruning punctures pupa roots San Jose scale season seed shrews snout snout beetles soil species spots spring tomato Total trees Tubers unsprayed Upshur county vegetables vines W. E. Rumsey W. J. White weevil West Virginia winter worms wormy wormy Yield young
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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...