International Review of the Science and Practice of Agriculture, Issues 1-6Printing Office of the International Institute of agriculture., 1913 |
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... lower . The nitrogen in certain low grade materials , such as peat , garbage , tankage , roasted leather , is of a very low availability , but manufacturers claim that treatment by the so - called Ğ wet process ğ completely changes its ...
... lower . The nitrogen in certain low grade materials , such as peat , garbage , tankage , roasted leather , is of a very low availability , but manufacturers claim that treatment by the so - called Ğ wet process ğ completely changes its ...
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... lower than that of the second grinding , but the gluten of the first is softer , less firm , and has a greater power of taking up water . Further , flour of 21 varieties of winter and 12 of spring wheat were exa- mined . Average of ...
... lower than that of the second grinding , but the gluten of the first is softer , less firm , and has a greater power of taking up water . Further , flour of 21 varieties of winter and 12 of spring wheat were exa- mined . Average of ...
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... lower part of the stem , which bear no flower buds directly , and above these , to the top of the plant , shorter fruiting bran- ches which bear flower buds . The differences between vegetative branches and fruiting branches are very ...
... lower part of the stem , which bear no flower buds directly , and above these , to the top of the plant , shorter fruiting bran- ches which bear flower buds . The differences between vegetative branches and fruiting branches are very ...
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... lower nodes on the stem than the stocks of imported Egyptian cotton . Selection for low fruiting gives promise of being a practical means of increasing earliness and yield . Of the six Egyptian varieties grown in Arizona in 1909 from ...
... lower nodes on the stem than the stocks of imported Egyptian cotton . Selection for low fruiting gives promise of being a practical means of increasing earliness and yield . Of the six Egyptian varieties grown in Arizona in 1909 from ...
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... lower the closer the plants are to each other . The weight of the crop increases with close planting . Experiments made at the Colonial Garden in 1911 have shown that the weight of the crop increased by 60 per cent when 17 000 plants ...
... lower the closer the plants are to each other . The weight of the crop increases with close planting . Experiments made at the Colonial Garden in 1911 have shown that the weight of the crop increased by 60 per cent when 17 000 plants ...
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Page 311 - Sec. 8. That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to quarantine any State, Territory, or District of the United States, or any portion thereof, when he shall determine that such quarantine is necessary to prevent the spread of a dangerous plant disease or insect infestation, new to or not theretofore widely prevalent or distributed within and throughout the United States...
Page 311 - Applications for permits should be made in advance of the proposed shipments; but if, through no fault of the importer, a shipment should arrive before a permit is received, the importation will be held in customs custody at the risk and expense of the importer for a period not exceeding 20 days pending the receipt of the permit.
Page 310 - nursery stock" shall include all field-grown florist stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, grafts, scions, buds, fruit pits and other seeds of fruit, and ornamental trees and shrubs, and other plants and plant products for propagation, except field, vegetable and flower seeds, bedding plants and other herbaceous plants, bulbs and roots.
Page iii - Institute, confining its operations within an international sphere, shall : a) Collect, study, and publish as promptly as possible statistical, technical, or economic information concerning farming, both vegetable and animal products, the commerce in agricultural products, and the prices prevailing in the various markets...
Page iii - Submit to the approval of the governments, if there is occasion for it, measures for the protection of the common interests of farmers and for the improvement of their condition, after having utilized all the necessary sources of information, such as the wishes expressed by international or other agricultural congresses or congresses of sciences applied to agriculture, agricultural societies, academies, learned bodies, etc.
Page iii - Communicate to parties interested, also as promptly as possible, the above information; c) Indicate the wages paid for farm work ; d) Make known the new diseases of vegetables which may appear in any part of the world, showing the territories infected, the progress of the...
Page 310 - ... nursery stock" as defined in section six of this Act may result in the entry into the United States or any of its Territories or Districts of injurious plant diseases or insect pests, he shall promulgate his determination, specifying the class of plants and plant products the importation of which shall be restricted and the country and locality where they are grown, and thereafter, and until such promulgation is withdrawn, such plants and plant products imported or offered for import into the...
Page 309 - That it shall be unlawful for any person to import or offer for entry into the United States any nursery stock unless and until a permit shall have been issued therefor by the Secretary of Agriculture, under such conditions and regulations as the said Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe...
Page 244 - States have caused an average annual loss of about 70 human lives,1 the destruction of trees worth at the very least $25,000,000, and the loss of stock, crops, buildings, and other improvements to the amount of many millions more.
Page iii - Study questions concerning agricultural cooperation, insurance, and credit in all their aspects; collect and publish information which might be useful in the various countries...