Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin, for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30 ...The Board, 1860 |
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... pound of seed . It will be noticed that generally , although not uniformly , as the yield increases , the rate of increase for one pound of seed dimin- ishes . As in last year's experiment , the size of the seed seems to affect the size ...
... pound of seed . It will be noticed that generally , although not uniformly , as the yield increases , the rate of increase for one pound of seed dimin- ishes . As in last year's experiment , the size of the seed seems to affect the size ...
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... pounds to the bushel . * Sample 1. One and three - fourths bushels , sown Septem- ber 18 , 1869 , upon one acre of ... pounds ; from part not mulched , 420 pounds . Yield of mulched portion , 330 3-4 pounds - 5 1-2 buushels . One bushel ...
... pounds to the bushel . * Sample 1. One and three - fourths bushels , sown Septem- ber 18 , 1869 , upon one acre of ... pounds ; from part not mulched , 420 pounds . Yield of mulched portion , 330 3-4 pounds - 5 1-2 buushels . One bushel ...
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... pounds ; from part not mulched , 85 pounds . Yield of portion mulched , 81 pounds . Yield of por- tion not mulched , 44 1-2 pounds . One bushel weighs 56 12 pounds . While these experiments show that winter wheat cannot be made a ...
... pounds ; from part not mulched , 85 pounds . Yield of portion mulched , 81 pounds . Yield of por- tion not mulched , 44 1-2 pounds . One bushel weighs 56 12 pounds . While these experiments show that winter wheat cannot be made a ...
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... pounds . Sample 7. Harvested August 9. Yield by weight , 378 pounds . Weight of one bushel , 24.4 pounds . bushels . Yield per acre , 23.6 Surprise Oats . - One and one - fourth bushels sown April 27 , upon 1-2 acre . Weight of one ...
... pounds . Sample 7. Harvested August 9. Yield by weight , 378 pounds . Weight of one bushel , 24.4 pounds . bushels . Yield per acre , 23.6 Surprise Oats . - One and one - fourth bushels sown April 27 , upon 1-2 acre . Weight of one ...
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... pounds . One bushel weighs 44 1-2 pounds . Yield per acre 14 bushels . GRASS . The following experiments have been begun for the purpose of ascertaining if very heavy seeding is more or less profitable than the common method of light ...
... pounds . One bushel weighs 44 1-2 pounds . Yield per acre 14 bushels . GRASS . The following experiments have been begun for the purpose of ascertaining if very heavy seeding is more or less profitable than the common method of light ...
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9 Cir-st Agriculture Amount of cloudiness annual Board of Regents building bushel weighs Carl Schurz cent Chemistry Cir-cu Cir-st classes College commencement Committee course of study Cu-st D. H. Tullis Dane County Daniel Read Day of Month disbursements E. S. Carr EDWARD SALOMON examination expenses Faculty farm Greek HENRY BARNARD inches institution instruction interest J. C. Pickard J. D. Butler J. P. Fuchs J. W. Sterling James Campbell John July 12 July 24 June June 27 Kind of clouds labor lands Latin Lectures loan Madison Mathematics N. W. Dean Natural History Nelson Dewey P. M. Mean Parkinson Philosophy plats pounds Prof Professor rain receipts rooms salary School Science SECOND TERM Secretary Sept September 30 snow straw and grain Sun Prairie Third Term tion Treasurer University Fund University Hall University of Wisconsin Vilas Weight of straw Yield per acre
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Page 1 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts...
Page 2 - Fourth. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results, and such other matters, including State industrial and economical statistics, as may be supposed useful ; one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail free, by each, to all the other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of this act, and also one copy to the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 1 - That all the expenses of management, superintendence, and taxes from date of selection of said lands, previous to their sales, and all expenses incurred in the management and disbursement of the moneys which may be received therefrom, shall be paid by the States to which they '-* may belong, out of the treasury of said States, so that the entire proceeds of the sale of said lands shall be applied without any diminution whatever to the purposes hereinafter mentioned.
Page 31 - Instruction, who shall hold his office for two years, and whose duties shall be prescribed by law. 2. The Legislature shall encourage, by all suitable means, the promotion of intellectual, scientifical, and agricultural improvement. The proceeds of all lands that have been or hereafter may be granted by the United States to this State, for the support of schools, which...
Page 4 - ... is hereby annulled. ART. XXXIII. A majority of the members of each branch of the general court shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a less number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members.
Page 1 - States in sections or subdivisions of sections, not less than onequarter of a section; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twentyfive cents per acre, the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State...
Page 1 - ... that the moneys so invested shall constitute a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall remain forever undiminished, (except so far as may be provided in section fifth of this act.) and the interest of which shall be inviolably appropriated, by each State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least 48 one college where the leading object shall be.
Page 2 - When lands shall be selected from those which have been raised to double the minimum price, in consequence of railroad grants, they shall be computed to the States at the maximum price, and the number of acres proportionally diminished. Sixth. No State while in a condition of rebellion or insurrection against the Government of the United States shall be entitled to the benefit of this act.
Page 2 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.
Page 3 - The object of the University of Idaho shall be to provide the means of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the various branches of learning connected with scientific, industrial, and professional pursuits...