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Page 145
... frost , glacial ice , streams , waves , plants and ani- mals , and the solvent power of water , are at work continually on every exposed rock . By these agencies mountains have been reduced to plains , and lakes , and even oceans ...
... frost , glacial ice , streams , waves , plants and ani- mals , and the solvent power of water , are at work continually on every exposed rock . By these agencies mountains have been reduced to plains , and lakes , and even oceans ...
Page 152
... forces with frost , rain , and the roots of plants ; and without their cooperation his efforts would usually accomplish very little . PRACTICES AVAILABLE FOR SOIL IMPROVEMENT We see , then ,. 12 THE CORNELL READING - COURSES.
... forces with frost , rain , and the roots of plants ; and without their cooperation his efforts would usually accomplish very little . PRACTICES AVAILABLE FOR SOIL IMPROVEMENT We see , then ,. 12 THE CORNELL READING - COURSES.
Page 168
... frost action is considered to be responsible for the denser nature of soils in warm countries . Nothing is more effective in breaking up subsoils than deep fall plow- ing , by means of which they are exposed to frost action during the ...
... frost action is considered to be responsible for the denser nature of soils in warm countries . Nothing is more effective in breaking up subsoils than deep fall plow- ing , by means of which they are exposed to frost action during the ...
Page 178
... frost , the roller is used in order to press roots into the soil and to firm the soil around the roots so that they may renew their growth . Rollers usually are made in two or more sections for convenience in turning , and have a basket ...
... frost , the roller is used in order to press roots into the soil and to firm the soil around the roots so that they may renew their growth . Rollers usually are made in two or more sections for convenience in turning , and have a basket ...
Page 111
... UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION EXPERIMENTING STAFF LIBERTY H. BAILEY. ITHACA , N. Y. PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY FROST IN THE OPEN COUNTRY Thermometer shelter and rain gauge. JUNE , 1912 Walter Mulford BULLETIN 316.
... UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION EXPERIMENTING STAFF LIBERTY H. BAILEY. ITHACA , N. Y. PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY FROST IN THE OPEN COUNTRY Thermometer shelter and rain gauge. JUNE , 1912 Walter Mulford BULLETIN 316.
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Page 111 - DONALD REDDICK, Ph.D., Plant Pathology. EDWARD G. MONTGOMERY. MA, Farm Crops. WILLIAM A. RILEY, Ph.D., Entomology. MERRITT W. HARPER, MS, Animal Husbandry. JAMES A. BIZZELL, Ph.D.. Soil Technology. GLENN W. HERRICK, BSA, Economic Entomology. HOWARD W. RILEY, ME, Farm Mechanics. CYRUS R.
Page 137 - CORNELL UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION THE FOLLOWING BULLETINS AND CIRCULARS ARE AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THOSE RESIDENTS OF NEW YORK STATE WHO MAY DESIRE THEM...
Page 111 - Dairy Industry. EMMONS W. LELAND, BSA, Soil Technology. CHARLES T. GREGORY, BS in Agr., Plant Pathology. WALTER W. FISK, BS in Agr., Dairy Industry.
Page 78 - Museum; in this, the cooperating institutions are very materially aided by the Bureau of Plant Industry of the United States Department of Agriculture...
Page 76 - F1rst stage made that each pair of .-.-./ strands is joined in a separate place in the rope instead of all at one place. The greatest number of strands at any place in the spliced rope is thus four instead of six.
Page 184 - Methods of determining the value of timber in the farm woodlot 28 Recent New York State Laws giving relief from taxation on lands used for forestry purposes 40 County, town, and village forests...
Page 418 - ELMER S. SAVAGE, MSA, Ph.D.. Animal Husbandry. LEWIS KNUDSON, Ph.D., Plant Physiology. KENNETH C. LIVERMORE, BS in Agr., Farm Management. ALVIN C. BEAL, Ph.D., Floriculture. MORTIER F. BARRUS, Ph.D., Plant Pathology. CLYDE H. MYERS, MS, Ph.D., Plant Breeding. GEORGE W. TAILBY, JR., BSA, Superintendent of Live Stock. EDWARD S. GUTHRIE, MS in Agr., Ph.D., Dairy Industry. JAMES C. BRADLEY, Ph.D., Entomology. PAUL WORK, BS, AB, Vegetable Gardening. JOHN BENTLEY, JR., BS, MF, Forestry.
Page 111 - Farm Practice and Farm Crops. JAMES E. RICE, BSA. Poultry Husbandry. GEORGE W. CAVANAUGH, BS. Chemistry. HERBERT H. WHETZEL. AB, MA, Plant Pathology. ELMER O. PIPPIN, BSA,Soil Technology.
Page 60 - FIG. 89 ample size so that when placed over the end of the scaffold plank it will hang loosely below it, as in Fig. 87. Draw to the left the rope in the left hand in Fig. 87, and to the right the rope in the right hand in the same figure, thus gaining the position shown in Fig. 88. Turn the plank over, draw the ropes up above it, join the short end to the long rope by an overhand bowline (Fig. 138), pull the bowline tight, at the same time adjusting the length of the two ropes so that they hold the...
Page 50 - ... rope 8-inch wheels should be used; the wheels in the pulley blocks should be equally large or larger. In order to give economical service, rope used for transmitting power should be run over pulleys not smaller in diameter than forty times the diameter of the rope. As mentioned above, the chafing in a four-strand rope is less than that in a three-strand rope, and for this reason if small pulleys are absolutely necessary or are already on hand a four-strand rope should be used. Weakening effect...