Annual Report of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Volumes 5-7State Printers., 1887 |
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Page 18
... better ; glumes white , bearded ; grain white . Yield , 46.2 bushels per acre . Hicks . - Plot 8 , ( J. T. McKim , Thorntown , Ind . ) Straw short to medium in height , stiff and strong . Stooled but little , and thin on the ground . Re ...
... better ; glumes white , bearded ; grain white . Yield , 46.2 bushels per acre . Hicks . - Plot 8 , ( J. T. McKim , Thorntown , Ind . ) Straw short to medium in height , stiff and strong . Stooled but little , and thin on the ground . Re ...
Page 19
... better on the plot , but did not yield quite so well as Poole . Yield , 54 bushels per acre . Rocky Mountain . - Plot 23 , ( Patterson Bros. , Windfall , Ind . ) Tall , with rather weak straw . Heads closely resemble Finley , awnless ...
... better on the plot , but did not yield quite so well as Poole . Yield , 54 bushels per acre . Rocky Mountain . - Plot 23 , ( Patterson Bros. , Windfall , Ind . ) Tall , with rather weak straw . Heads closely resemble Finley , awnless ...
Page 25
... better than it . In 1884 the largest product was 49.6 bushels per acre , produced by Tas- manian Red . The varieties were killed by frost during the winter of 1884-5 ; but in 1886 there were harvested twenty - two of the varieties ...
... better than it . In 1884 the largest product was 49.6 bushels per acre , produced by Tas- manian Red . The varieties were killed by frost during the winter of 1884-5 ; but in 1886 there were harvested twenty - two of the varieties ...
Page 30
... quality of straw was very slight . There was a little less straw on the thin seeded plots , and it was of a little better Straw to 100 lbs . of grain . Plot number . quality . The greatest quantity of straw 30 ANNUAL REPORT .
... quality of straw was very slight . There was a little less straw on the thin seeded plots , and it was of a little better Straw to 100 lbs . of grain . Plot number . quality . The greatest quantity of straw 30 ANNUAL REPORT .
Page 32
... better the preparation for the seeding , the more favorable the climatic conditions , and the better the soil is adapted to wheat growing , the less the amount of seed required . The saving of a single peck of seed per acre appears but ...
... better the preparation for the seeding , the more favorable the climatic conditions , and the better the soil is adapted to wheat growing , the less the amount of seed required . The saving of a single peck of seed per acre appears but ...
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Page 205 - 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...
Page 205 - ... agricultural experiment station: " Provided, That in any State or Territory in which two such colleges have been or may be so established, the appropriation hereinafter made to such State or Territory shall be equally divided between such colleges, unless the legislature of such state or territory shall otherwise direct.
Page 205 - 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, there shall be established under direction of the college or colleges or agricultural...
Page 182 - As additional check on the value of each ration, all the cows were weighed each year at the beginning of the experiment and at the end of each feeding period.
Page 205 - SEC. 3. That in order to secure, as far as practicable, uniformity of methods and results in the work of said stations, it shall be the duty of the United States Commissioner of 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...
Page 207 - 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 205 - It shall be the duty of each of said stations, annually, on or before the first day of February, to make to the Governor of the State or Territory in which it is located, a full and detailed report of its operations, including a statement of receipts and expenditures, a copy of which report shall be sent to each of said stations, to the said Commissioner of Agriculture, and to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Page 205 - 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 202 - Indianapolis within thirty days after their appointment and organize by the election of a President, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall serve until the second Tuesday in January following, and their successors shall be elected on the second Tuesday in January annually thereafter. The said Board shall hold regular meetings on the second Tuesday in January...
Page 207 - That in States having colleges entitled under this section to the benefits of this act and having also agricultural experiment stations established by law separate from said colleges, such States shall be authorized to apply such benefits to experiments at stations so established by such States...