Annual Report of the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Issues 285-295University of Maine, 1920 |
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Page vii - ... 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 each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective...
Page 38 - ... constituents to be determined by the methods adopted by the association of official agricultural chemists.
Page vii - 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 62 - agricultural seed" as used in this chapter shall be held to include the seeds of alfalfa, barley, Canadian blue grass, Kentucky blue grass, brome grass, buckwheat, alsike clover, crimson clover, red clover, medium clover, white clover, field corn, Kaffir corn, meadow fescue, flax, millet, oats, orchard grass, rape, redtop, rye, sorghum, timothy, and wheat.
Page 7 - The Influence of the Environment on the Milling and Baking Qualities of Wheat in India, No.
Page vii - ... 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...
Page 62 - That for the purpose of this Chapter an article shall be deemed to be adulterated : In the case of Drugs: First. If, when a drug is sold under or by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary, it differs from the standard of strength, quality or purity, as determined by the test laid down...
Page 62 - agricultural seed" as used in this act shall be held to include the seeds of alfalfa, barley, Canadian blue grass, Kentucky blue grass, brome grass, buckwheat, alsike clover, crimson clover, red clover, medium clover, white clover, field corn, Kaffir corn, meadow fescue flax, Hungarian, millet, oats, orchard grass, rape, redtop, rye, sorghum, timothy and wheat.
Page 50 - ... required when two years old. This ratio of increase applies until the cow is five years old at the beginning of her test, when the required amount will have reached 360 pounds, which will be the amount of butter-fat required of all cows five years old or over.
Page 62 - Every lot or package of commercial fertilizer, which is manufactured, sold, distributed, transported, offered or exposed for sale, distribution or transportation in the state by any person shall have affixed in a conspicuous place on the outside thereof a plainly printed statement clearly and truly...