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... give ninety days notice in not less than three newspapers of this State that they will receive from Counties , communities , or persons , bids , or pro- posals to donate lands and buildings , or money , for the purpose of establishing ...
... give ninety days notice in not less than three newspapers of this State that they will receive from Counties , communities , or persons , bids , or pro- posals to donate lands and buildings , or money , for the purpose of establishing ...
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... removed . The filtrate is evaporated , the residue ignited and weighed ; its weight plus that of the filter deducted from the total weight gives that of the clay itself . " ( Hilgard . ) The silt is not divided by the Beaker method into 15.
... removed . The filtrate is evaporated , the residue ignited and weighed ; its weight plus that of the filter deducted from the total weight gives that of the clay itself . " ( Hilgard . ) The silt is not divided by the Beaker method into 15.
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... give to a soil a maximum fertility . The answer can only be had by a comparison of soils of known composition , physical conditions , and average yields ; and as Prof. Hilgard has made it his study to a greater extent than perhaps any ...
... give to a soil a maximum fertility . The answer can only be had by a comparison of soils of known composition , physical conditions , and average yields ; and as Prof. Hilgard has made it his study to a greater extent than perhaps any ...
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... gives the amount taken . It is then placed in a parafine bath , a very slow current of dry air from a chlor - calcium tube being constantly drawn over the soil , and the temperature of the bath is gradually raised to 200 ° C. and kept ...
... gives the amount taken . It is then placed in a parafine bath , a very slow current of dry air from a chlor - calcium tube being constantly drawn over the soil , and the temperature of the bath is gradually raised to 200 ° C. and kept ...
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... gives to them a greater degree of compactness . The general average is about 14 per cent . in the soil and 18 in the subsoil . The percentage of clay is very low in all the specimens , and nota- bly so in the low flat land of the ...
... gives to them a greater degree of compactness . The general average is about 14 per cent . in the soil and 18 in the subsoil . The percentage of clay is very low in all the specimens , and nota- bly so in the low flat land of the ...
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Acid phosphate Actual Corrected yield ammonia Averages for 1888 Averages of duplicates bulletin burg Bushels cent Checked 4 feet chemical clay Clemson College Columbia farm Compare composition Compost constituents corn cotton seed meal crop Crude Ash cultivation Darling Darlington farm digestible disease Dry Matter duplicate plats duplicates for 1889 duplicates per acre ensilage Farm.-The feeding stuffs Fertilizers per Acre Fiber fodder full amount gave grain per acre half dose inches Kainit land larvæ lime lint per acre Lint per acre-lbs Magnesia Maize manure Muriate of potash Nitrate of soda nitrogen Nitrogen-free Extract number of particles oats in fall percentage phosphoric acid plant plats Plats 1-20 acre Pounds probable error Protein samples sand sea island cotton Seed per acre-lbs soil soluble South Carolina South Carolina Experiment Spartan Spartanburg farm stable manure Stover Straw subsoil temperature tests three farms Unfertilized varieties wheat yield of duplicates
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Page 5 - 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 5 - ... 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 or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States as may in...
Page 6 - ... 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 or artificial.
Page 9 - 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 9 - That in order to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture and home economics, and to encourage the application of the same...
Page 8 - 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 6 - 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 7 - Act. lt 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.
Page 5 - 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 7 - Treasury proceeding from the sales of public lands, to be paid in equal quarterly payments, on the first day of January, April, July, and October in each year, to the treasurer or other officer duly appointed by the governing boards of said colleges to receive the same...