Circular No.1-132, Issues 1-60U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908 - Field crops |
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Agricultural Experiment Station Agriculturist in Charge alfalfa apple Archibald D B. T. GALLOWAY barley Ben Davis Bordeaux mixture Botanist in Charge BUREAU OF PLANT bushels cent characters Chief of Bureau clover comfrey corn cultivation David Fairchild Department of Agriculture disease Egyptian cotton experiment farm farmers fiber field foliage fruit fungicide fungus gallons Garden goldenseal grades grain growers grown heating or hot Hindi hops hybrids inches infection injury irrigation J. E. ROCKWELL land legumes lime lint percentage method moisture content northern Great Plains oats Orator F orchard pastures Pathologist in Charge peach Physiologist in Charge Plant Industry PLANT INDUSTRY-Circular plaster plat plowing Pomologist Pomologist in Charge potatoes pounds produced quantity Rodney H roots rows scab season self-boiled lime-sulphur silage soil sorghum sprayed sulphur TABLE temperature tion tobacco trees Trifoliate orange types U. S. DEPARTMENT Upland vines WASHINGTON wheat winter
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Page 6 - Carry out a systematic crop rotation with a winter cover crop on southern farms. (7) Accomplish more work In a day by using more horse power and better implements. (8) Increase the farm stock to the extent of utilizing all the waste products and idle lands of the farm. (9) Produce all the food required for the men and animals on the farm. (10) Keep an account of each farm product, in order to know from which the gain or loss arises.
Page 2 - ... makes a good mechanical mixture of the lime and sulphur. Only a small percentage of the sulphur — enough to improve the adhesiveness of the mixture — goes into solution, but if the hot mass is allowed to stand as a thick paste the sulphur continues to unite with the lime, and at the end of thirty or forty minutes enough of the reddish liquid is produced to burn peach foliage, and even apple foliage in some cases. Hence the necessity for cooling the mixture as soon as the lime is well slaked.
Page 23 - Reports and the reports by the Bureau of Statistics of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Page 10 - After the roots have been cleaned and sorted they are ready to be dried or cured. Great care and judgment are necessary in drying the roots. It is absolutely necessary that they should be perfectly dry before packing and storing, as the presence of moisture induces the development of molds and mildews, and of course renders them worthless. The roots are dried by exposure to the air, being spread out in thin layers on drying frames or upon a large, clean, dry floor. They should be turned several times...
Page 2 - ... drowned' if too much water is added at once. Hot water may be used to good advantage in preparing the mixture with sluggish lime, but with quick-acting lime hot water is not necessary and is more likely to bring too much of the sulphur into solution. If desired the mixture may be kept for a week or more without deterioration, but should be thoroughly stirred before using.
Page 2 - Then add the sulphur which should be worked through a sieve to break up the lumps and finally enough water to slake the lime into a paste. Considerable stirring is necessary to prevent caking on the bottom. After the violent boiling which accompanies the slaking of the lime is over the mixture should be diluted ready for spraying, or at least enough cold water added to stop the cooking.
Page 6 - Ten Commandments of Agriculture," as follows: 1. Prepare a deep and thoroughly pulverized seed bed, well drained; break in the fall to a depth of 8, 10 or 12 inches, according to the soil; with implements that will not bring too much of the subsoil to the surface; (the foregoing depths should be reached gradually).
Page 5 - ... yields two, three, or four fold at a reduced cost per acre, and that this may be almost a net gain by producing upon the farms the food supplies for family and teams. They are asked to prove it by working an acre or more according to directions. The necessary work on this part of the farm must be...
Page 6 - Use intensive tillage during the growing period of the crops. (5) Secure a high content of humus in the soil by the use of legumes, barnyard manure, farm refuse, and commercial fertilizers. (6) Carry out a systematic crop rotation with a winter cover crop on southern farms. (7) Accomplish more work In a day by using more horse power and better implements. (8) Increase the farm stock to the extent of utilizing all the waste products and idle lands of the farm. (9) Produce all the food required for...
Page 4 - Two of these plates are on the left and one on the right. The one on the right has holes in its left margin through which the pivotal pin passes.