Special Bulletin of the Maryland Agricultural Experiment StationMaryland Agricultural Experiment Station, 1889 |
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... cereals and all other non - leguminous plants do . The pea germinates and lives on mother's milk , that is to say , the organic food of the seed , and then , like the grain of wheat , changes its diet to inorganic food . But the second ...
... cereals and all other non - leguminous plants do . The pea germinates and lives on mother's milk , that is to say , the organic food of the seed , and then , like the grain of wheat , changes its diet to inorganic food . But the second ...
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... cereal crops from 13-50 lbs . of N. = 100-400 lbs . of nitrate of soda . 66 66 potatoes 66 sugar beets 66 66 tobacco 66 22-45 22-50 13-26 = 150-300 " " = 150-380 66 66 -100-200 66 66 In case of potatoes and sugar beets only nitrate of ...
... cereal crops from 13-50 lbs . of N. = 100-400 lbs . of nitrate of soda . 66 66 potatoes 66 sugar beets 66 66 tobacco 66 22-45 22-50 13-26 = 150-300 " " = 150-380 66 66 -100-200 66 66 In case of potatoes and sugar beets only nitrate of ...
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... cereals , particularly rye , should be fertilized with potash , especially under the form of kainit . Is not this altogether irrational ? Cereals are certainly no potash plants . While for the production of an average crop of lucerne ...
... cereals , particularly rye , should be fertilized with potash , especially under the form of kainit . Is not this altogether irrational ? Cereals are certainly no potash plants . While for the production of an average crop of lucerne ...
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... cereals ( wheat , rye , oats and barley ) , peas , potatoes , red clover , sugar- beets , vetches , lupines , summer rape , beets , partly in vegetation vessels , partly on the field , for the purpose of answering the following ...
... cereals ( wheat , rye , oats and barley ) , peas , potatoes , red clover , sugar- beets , vetches , lupines , summer rape , beets , partly in vegetation vessels , partly on the field , for the purpose of answering the following ...
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... cereals . " These experiments confirm therefore Schultz - Lupitz's assertion of the great importance of potash ( kali ) fertilization for cereals . " PROF . WAGNER'S CONCLUSIONS . On the strength of these experiments and the lesson they ...
... cereals . " These experiments confirm therefore Schultz - Lupitz's assertion of the great importance of potash ( kali ) fertilization for cereals . " PROF . WAGNER'S CONCLUSIONS . On the strength of these experiments and the lesson they ...
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acid phosphate Address of Manu Agricultural Experiment Station Analysis and Valuation applied Available Phosphoric Acid average Balti Baltimore Balto barley Baugh & Sons beets Board of Trustees Bone Meal Bone Phosphate bushels calculated as Ammonia CARNALLITE cent cereals chemical clover COLLEGE PARK columns COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS SOLD comparative value composition corn cost Dabney Dissolved S. C. effect Ellicott City farmer farming fertilization with potash Fine-Medium Frederick Guano Guaranteed Hagerstown HENRY E Joshua Horner kainit Kieserite land Lechlider Bros leguminous plants lime manufacturer Maryland Agricultural College Maryland Agricultural Experiment meadows ment Name of Fertilizer nitrate of soda nitrogen oats package Paul Wagner peas phate phos phosphoric acid potash fertilization potash kali potatoes pounds of nitrogen PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY production Prof proper Pure Ground Bone quantity requires S. C. Rock salts samples of fertilizer Schultz-Lupitz selling price SPECIAL BULLETIN Superphosphate Sykesville tion tobacco Valuation of Fertilizers wheat
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Page 3 - ... analysis of soils and water; 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; and such other researches...
Page 3 - 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...
Page 3 - SEC. 4. That bulletins or reports of progress shall be published at said stations at least once in three months, one copy of which shall be sent to each newspaper in the States or Territories in which they are respectively located, and to such individuals actually engaged in fanning as may request the same, and as far as the means of the station will permit.
Page 3 - ... 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 3 - Any willful violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more than...
Page 5 - And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of all State's attorneys to prosecute all persons accused of violating the provisions of this act, and to defend in all cases of appeals from appraisements.
Page 3 - July 2, 1862," and its purpose, as stated in the opening section, is " 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 3 - 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 3 - That for the purpose of paying the necessary expenses of conducting investigations and experiments and printing and distributing the results as hereinbefore prescribed, the sum of fifteen thousand dollars per annum is hereby appropriated to each State, to be specially provided for by Congress in the appropriations from year to year, and to each Territory entitled under the provisions of...
Page 3 - SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the Maryland Agricultural College to analyze, without cost or charge, all samples of fertilizers sent to it for the purpose of being analyzed by any person or persons purchasing or procuring the same in this State for his or their use or uses; provided such persons are not interested in the analysis desired other than as consumers, of which affidavit shall be made and shall accompany each sample or brand: and further, such samples are taken and sent as described by...