Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, Ithaca, and of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station Volume 33-41 New York State Agriculture

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...--A comparative study of the total quantities of nutrients in arid and humid soils. R. W. Johnson--Effect of soluble organic matter of straw on nitrification in soil. D. F. Kinsman--A study of muck soil. W. M. Phipps--The nature of the organic matter of calcareous and noncalcareous soils. S. Waterman--The carbon-nitrogen ratio in high-and low-calcium soils. Animal Husbandry In the Department of Animal Husbandry the following papers have been published: M. W. Harper--Feeding work horses. Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 437. 1925 This bulletin gives the results of a study contrasting the relative usefulness of oats and of corn as grain for the work horse. A series of tests were conducted, in which the two grains were fed in various combinations and occasionally supplemented with other concentrates including hominy, wheat feed, wheat bran, and linseed-oil meal. The bulletin contains results of a study regarding the amount of hay that may be fed with safety and without hindering the horse"s efficiency; a study concerning the relative efficiency of chaffed hay and of long hay; and a study comparing alfalfa hay and timothy hay as a forage for the work horse. In measuring the usefulness of these rations a number of factors were considered, such as the weight, the health, the appetite, and the spirit of the horse, together with the relative economies of the rations. L A. Maynard, S. A. Goldberg, and R. C. Miller--A study of the dietary relationships and the pathology of "stiffness" in swine. Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta. Memoir 86. 1925. The results of experiments continuing for three years, reported in this paper, show a relationship between the diet and the pathological condition designated as " stiffness" in swine. When young growing pigs we... Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, Ithaca, and of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station Volume 33-41 (New York State Agriculture)