Bulletin - Pennsylvania State College, School of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, Edições 141-170

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Página 21 - And we further certify that the expenditures have been solely for the purposes set forth in the Act of Congress approved March 2, 1887.
Página 20 - June 30, 1895; that we have found the same well kept and classified as above, and that the receipts for the year from the treasurer of the United States are shown to have been...
Página 2 - Visitors will be welcomed at all times, and will be given every opportunity to inspect the work of the Station in all its departments. The Bulletins and Reports of the Station will be mailed regularly, free of charge, to all residents of the State who request it.
Página 28 - For one acre of medium-light to heavy soil a fertilizer* composed of 150 pounds of bone meal and 150 pounds of nitrate of soda should be satisfactory, while for the same sized plot of very light soil a fertilizer composed of 100 pounds of bone meal, 150 pounds of nitrate of soda and 50 pounds of muriate of potash should be used. The fertilizer should be applied just before a good rain, or be followed promptly by copious watering. It must be evenly distributed. Trees, bushes, and vines injured by...
Página 3 - In the animal body take place according to the same general laws and with the same equivalencies as in our artificial motors and in lifeless matter generally. The great law of the conservation of energy rules in the animal mechanism, whether in man, carnivora, or herbivora, just as In the engine. The body neither manufactures nor destroys energy. All that It gives out It gets from Its food and all that is supplied in Its food is sooner or later recovered in some form. We are fully justified, therefore,...
Página 3 - All the trees should be labeled and carefully measured at a fixed point on the trunk, and the applications and exact records of both yield and growth should be maintained for at least 3 years.
Página 20 - Dr. To Receipts from the Treasurer of the United States as per appropriations for fiscal year ended June 30, 1918, under acts of Congress approved March 2, 1887 (Hatch Fund), and March 16, 1906 (Adams Fund) $15,000.00 Cr.
Página 5 - ... under the outer two-thirds of the spread of the branches. This fertilization may either be left on the surface to be washed in by the rains or it may be harrowed or lightly plowed into the soil. With all this done, it should be remembered that the fertilizer applied in any given season can hardly materially affect the yield of that year, since the fruit buds are formed in the latter part of the preceding season. Important results, therefore, should not be expected before the following season...
Página 28 - A soil province is an area having the same general physiographic expression, in which the soils have been produced by the same forces or groups of forces and throughout which each rock or soil material yields to equal forces equal results. "A soil region differs from a soil province in being more inclusive.
Página 5 - ... by dividing the nitrogen application, or the entire application if preferred, and applying part of it ahead of the bloom as above stated, and the remainder after the fruit has set. About a month after fruit-setting is probably as good a time as any, although we have had some excellent results from applications made as late as the 8th of July. As to method of application, our practice has been merely to scatter the fertilizer or manure broadcast under the trees, taking care not to get it too close...

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