Annual Report of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, Volumes 5-7State Printers., 1887 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 84
Page 5
... fertilizers and manures , soils , waters , milks , cattle - foods , etc .; to examine seeds that are suspected of being unsound or adulterated ; to identify and name weeds and other plants ; to investigate and describe , when known ...
... fertilizers and manures , soils , waters , milks , cattle - foods , etc .; to examine seeds that are suspected of being unsound or adulterated ; to identify and name weeds and other plants ; to investigate and describe , when known ...
Page 11
... FERTILIZERS . IX . VARIETIES IN SMALL PLOTS . COMPARATIVE TEST OF VARIETIES . The harvest of 1886 was the sixth successive wheat crop grown upon this piece of ground , two crops having been grown here prior to the beginning of the ...
... FERTILIZERS . IX . VARIETIES IN SMALL PLOTS . COMPARATIVE TEST OF VARIETIES . The harvest of 1886 was the sixth successive wheat crop grown upon this piece of ground , two crops having been grown here prior to the beginning of the ...
Page 37
... fertilizers in various amounts in the spring . The fertilizers were all applied April 22d , and the kinds used were : " Baker's Special Wheat Manure , " containing 7 per cent . of available phosphoric acid , 3 per cent . of potash , 5 ...
... fertilizers in various amounts in the spring . The fertilizers were all applied April 22d , and the kinds used were : " Baker's Special Wheat Manure , " containing 7 per cent . of available phosphoric acid , 3 per cent . of potash , 5 ...
Page 38
... fertilizers used in this experiment shows a slight increase in yield therefrom . The average yield of the plots re- ceiving no fertilizers was 42 bushels per acre . The average of the special ( complete ) wheat manure plots was 50.7 ...
... fertilizers used in this experiment shows a slight increase in yield therefrom . The average yield of the plots re- ceiving no fertilizers was 42 bushels per acre . The average of the special ( complete ) wheat manure plots was 50.7 ...
Page 39
... fertilizers . Their application had no apparent effect upon the yield of straw , as the variation in yield bears no relation to the kind or amount of fertilizer applied . APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS . The plan of the fertilizer work on ...
... fertilizers . Their application had no apparent effect upon the yield of straw , as the variation in yield bears no relation to the kind or amount of fertilizer applied . APPLICATION OF FERTILIZERS . The plan of the fertilizer work on ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Agriculture ammonia applied April April 17 April 28 average yield bearded beetle berries bushels per acre butter cent Chaff clover color corn County county.-Soil crop cultivation curculio Date of ripening drill Drumhead ears Experiment Station Extra Early eyes shallow fertilizers Flat Dutch Flint fruit Golden grown growth harrowed heads inches deep injury insect July 19 June 16 June 25 kernels Landreth larvæ loam mean temperature medium length Muriate of potash Name of variety Nitrate of soda nubbins number of kernels oats Ohio panicles Paris green pecks plants Plot number plowed plum curculio Poland China potatoes pounds productive Prolific rainfall Rock phosphate Rust's season seed Sept September skin white smooth soil sown Special wheat manure stalks straw Sulphate of ammonia Superphosphate trees trial Unfertilized weight worms Wyandot Yellow Dent yield of grain yield per acre
Popular passages
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...