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Page 15 - June 30, 1902; that we have found the same well kept and classified as above, and that the receipts for the year from the Treasurer of the United States are shown to have been...
Page 220 - OF THE CORNELL UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. BOARD OF CONTROL. THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY. THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AND STATION COUNCIL. JACOB GOULD SCHURMAN, President of the University. FRANKLIN C. CORNELL, Trustee of the University.
Page 108 - OFFICERS OF THE STATION. IP ROBERTS, Director. EL WILLIAMS, Treasurer. EDWARD A. BUTLER, Clerk and Accountant. Office of the Director, 20 Morrill Hall. The regular bulletins of the Station are sent free to persons in the State who request them.
Page 246 - The regular bulletins of the Station are sent free to persons residing in New York State who request them.
Page 7 - I have the honor to transmit herewith the sixteenth annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of Cornell University in accordance with the Act of Congress of March 2, 1887, establishing the Station. This document contains the report of the Director and the special reports of his scientific coadjutors, as well as copies of the bulletins Nos. 203 to 211 inclusive, Nos. 6 to 10 inclusive of the Reading Course for Farmers
Page 269 - A small amount of the lime — } teaspoonful — dropped on a little hot vinegar, will effervesce or "sizzle," if it contain the carbonate of lime, acting about the same as soda. A sample of a new process lime analyzed at this Station, showed 30 per cent magnesia. This came from burning a dolomitic limestone, that is, one containing...
Page 163 - ... knowledge by means of lectures or otherwise: and in preparing and printing, for free distribution, the results of such investigations and experiments, and such other information as may be deemed desirable and profitable in promoting the horticultural interests of the state.
Page 203 - The dorsal cuticle is dark brown, with small clear areas each of which contains a very small dot. Length, 4 mm.; width, 3 mm.
Page 160 - ALICE G. McCLOSKEY, Nature-Study. OFFICERS OF THE STATION. IP ROBERTS, Director. EL WILLIAMS, Treasurer. EDWARD A. BUTLER, Clerk and Accountant. Office of the Director, 20 Morrill Hall.
Page 149 - ... limbs, removing the crooked ones, and shortening those that droop as they become larger and heavier. When one must use an untrained tree, steps should be taken at once to elevate the trunk and encourage the growth of a straight central stem with subordinate branches. The lower limbs of a tree should never interfere with the street lights or with passing vehicles. In Paris, the height of the trunk is required to be fifteen feet. The top of a tree should not be allowed to become so dense as to...

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