Agriculture of Pennsylvania, Volume 11State Board of Agriculture, 1888 "Containing reports of the State Board of Agriculture, the State Agricultural Society, the State Dairymen's Association, the State Fruit Growers' Association, and the State College, for ..." (varies). |
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Page 101
... cent . of solu- ble fat acids , and this result , therefore seems to be in accord with the report of Hehner & Angell ... cent . of volatile fat acids in Butter Fat . Undissolved Fat . Dissolved Fat . 6 per cent . 100 39 5,2 % per cent ...
... cent . of solu- ble fat acids , and this result , therefore seems to be in accord with the report of Hehner & Angell ... cent . of volatile fat acids in Butter Fat . Undissolved Fat . Dissolved Fat . 6 per cent . 100 39 5,2 % per cent ...
Page 113
... cents per six- teen ounces for the whole ; and of ninety - three cents per pound for the reelable cocoons . If all these cocoons could be reeled promptly , as most of those in Italy are , or as soon as possible after being gath- ered ...
... cents per six- teen ounces for the whole ; and of ninety - three cents per pound for the reelable cocoons . If all these cocoons could be reeled promptly , as most of those in Italy are , or as soon as possible after being gath- ered ...
Page 114
... cents per pound . There is , therefore , a certain market for cocoons at seventy cents or more per pound , and about 400,000 now imported for the year 1886 . The market for cocoons is so large here as to attract them both from Italy and ...
... cents per pound . There is , therefore , a certain market for cocoons at seventy cents or more per pound , and about 400,000 now imported for the year 1886 . The market for cocoons is so large here as to attract them both from Italy and ...
Page 115
... cent . Second . How much of the original growth remains ? The average reply , six per cent . Third . What is the condition of the original growth ? Fourteen answers declining , one good . Fourth . What is the condition of the second ...
... cent . Second . How much of the original growth remains ? The average reply , six per cent . Third . What is the condition of the original growth ? Fourteen answers declining , one good . Fourth . What is the condition of the second ...
Page 118
... cents per pound , and prices have not yet advanced beyond thirty to thirty- five cents . Dairy stock is also advancing in price , giving encour- agement to the breeder and grazer as well as to the dairyman . Fresh cows are now averaging ...
... cents per pound , and prices have not yet advanced beyond thirty to thirty- five cents . Dairy stock is also advancing in price , giving encour- agement to the breeder and grazer as well as to the dairyman . Fresh cows are now averaging ...
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Page 24 - 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; the...
Page 24 - 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 77 - I had a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguished, and the stars Did wander, darkling, in the eternal space, Rayless and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air...
Page 24 - 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 24 - ... the 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 or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry...
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Page 21 - Writers, who have given us an account of China, tell us the inhabitants of that country laugh at the plantations of our Europeans, which are laid out by the rule and line; because they say, any one may place trees in equal rows and uniform figures. They choose rather to show a genius in works of this nature; and therefore always conceal the art by which they direct themselves.
Page 24 - That whenever it shall appear to the Secretary of the Treasury from the annual statement of receipts and expenditures of any of said stations that a portion of the preceding annual appropriation remains unexpended, such amount shall be deducted from the next succeeding annual appropriation to such station...
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Page 6 - Act, to the endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the legislature of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.