Bulletin, Issues 99-114Experiment Station of the College of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, 1906 |
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Page 27 - The dry material was then pulverized . and was ready for the analyses, which were made according to the methods of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists.
Page 170 - ... till the approach of winter, during which they remain at rest in a torpid state. In the spring they bore through the sap-wood, more or less deeply into the trunk, the genera,! course of their winding and irregular passages being in an upward direction from the place of their entrance.
Page 231 - The season of 1907 arsenate of lead at the rate of three pounds to fifty gallons of water was used. The first spraying was given just as the buds were bursting, namely, May 29th ; the second spraying was done on June 17th, after the blossoms had fallen and young plums were the size of small peas. The third spraying was on June 24th. Number of Sprayings. Dates Sprayed. Results. None (check trees) 53% Marketable 2 Sprayings June 1 7 and June 24 62% Marketable 3 Sprayings May 29, June 17 and June 24.
Page 32 - Shipments into the state must be accompanied by a certificate of inspection, or copy thereof, attached to each car or parcel, together with a statement from the shipper that the stock therein is a part of the stock inspected and whether such stock has been fumigated with hydrocyanic acid gas or not.
Page 36 - ... contained appears to be free from all injurious insects and diseases. Hon. WJ Clay, Commissioner of Agriculture, Austin, Tex. UTAH : The State Board of Horticulture control inspection in Utah. "It shall not be lawful for any nurseryman, corporation or private individual to import into this state or to ship in the state any trees, shrubs or vines, unless the same are properly certified * * * as having been fumigated or disinfected by hydrocyanic acid gas before shipment. Importation of trees or...
Page 34 - Mr. AE Stene, State Nursery Inspector, Kingston, RI SOUTH CAROLINA : Nurseries must be inspected annually and it is unlawful to sell or ship without a certificate. All persons outside the state must register a copy of their certificate of inspection, furnished by the authorized official of the state in which he resides, with the chairman of the Board of Entomology, which copy shall state that in addition to inspection the nursery, stock has been fumigated under the direction of the official issuing...
Page 32 - Kalispell, Great Falls, or Glasgow. Nursery stock may be inspected and fumigated at other points of delivery on payment of all cost. To sell or deliver nursery stock it is necessary to first obtain a license by paying a fee of $25 and by filing with the Secretary of the State Board of Horticulture a bond in the sum of $1,000 annually. Notice of shipment, including an invoice of stock, should be sent to the Secretary of the Board. Mr. Fred Whiteside, Secretary and Inspector at Large, Butte, Mont....
Page 29 - ... filed in the office of the State Entomologist. Official tags of the Georgia State Board of Entomology will be furnished by the State Entomologist at the following price : One hundred tags, 6oc postpaid ; 200 tags, 85c postpaid ; 300 tags, $1.10 postpaid; 500 tags, .$1.35, sent by express collect: 1,000 tags, $2.00, sent by express collect. Each shipment of nursery stock into the state of Georgia must bear the official tag of the Georgia State Board of Entomology, and also a duplicate certificate...
Page 68 - August, is helpful. . iron chest was constructed, about two feet square at the ends, and three and a half feet long. The cover fits in with a flange, and a strip of felting is glued on the cover, round the edge which rests on the edge of the chest when the cover is in place; six hooks on the cover fasten into eyes soldered...
Page 170 - ... now and then to salute those they meet with a rapid bowing of the shoulders, accompanied by a creaking sound, indicative of recognition or defiance. Having paired, the female, attended by her partner creeps over the bark, searching the crevices with her antennae, and dropping therein her...