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Page 47
... occurring during the second week of the month . TEMPERATURE . The mean temperature in Nebraska as throughout the Missouri , Upper Mississippi , and Ohio valleys and the lake region has been rather above the normal - two degrees above in ...
... occurring during the second week of the month . TEMPERATURE . The mean temperature in Nebraska as throughout the Missouri , Upper Mississippi , and Ohio valleys and the lake region has been rather above the normal - two degrees above in ...
Page 67
... occurring almost wholly as snow in one or two slight falls . PRECIPITATION . The snow fall over the state has shown little unevenness in distribution . Only a few stations report over an inch of precipitation , this area lying along the ...
... occurring almost wholly as snow in one or two slight falls . PRECIPITATION . The snow fall over the state has shown little unevenness in distribution . Only a few stations report over an inch of precipitation , this area lying along the ...
Page 95
... occurs in the months of May and June . This year , however , they were all planted in the month of May , and during which time the daily range of the thermometer was very uniform , the mean daily temperature seldom exceeding 70 ...
... occurs in the months of May and June . This year , however , they were all planted in the month of May , and during which time the daily range of the thermometer was very uniform , the mean daily temperature seldom exceeding 70 ...
Page 121
... occur as a part of agricultural science . In other words there is no such thing as agricultural chemistry , agricultural entomology , agricultural physics , agricultural botany , agricultural zoology , etc. , as distinguished from the ...
... occur as a part of agricultural science . In other words there is no such thing as agricultural chemistry , agricultural entomology , agricultural physics , agricultural botany , agricultural zoology , etc. , as distinguished from the ...
Page 124
... occurs all along the ditches and trenches , from the surface of the fields , and from the leaves and stems of the growing plants . Plants are so largely composed of water taken from the soil ? that the vapor of water is constantly ...
... occurs all along the ditches and trenches , from the surface of the fields , and from the leaves and stems of the growing plants . Plants are so largely composed of water taken from the soil ? that the vapor of water is constantly ...
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Page 178 - 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...
Page 177 - 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 178 - The grants of moneys authorized by this act are made subject to the legislative assent of the several States and Territories...
Page 177 - 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 126 - Whenever, by priority of possession, rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued, and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 178 - ... 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 178 - Agriculture to furnish forms, as far as practicable, for the tabulation of results of investigation 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 178 - 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 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 127 - The appropriation must be for some useful or beneficial purpose, and when the appropriator or his successor in interest ceases to use it for such a purpose the right ceases.
Page 178 - That out of the first annual appropriation so received by any station an amount not exceeding one-fifth may be expended in the erection, enlargement, or repair of a building or buildings necessary for carrying on the work of such station; and thereafter an amount not exceeding five per centum of such annual appropriation may be so expended.