Bulletin - West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, Issues 94-115

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West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station., 1904

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Page 65 - Year from the First Day of January to the Thirty-first Day of December...
Page 437 - Commonwealth, the retail price of which is ten dollars or more per ton, shall be accompanied by a plainly printed statement clearly and truly certifying the number of net pounds of fertilizer in the package, the name, brand, or trade-mark under which the fertilizer is sold, the name and address of the manufacturer or importer, the place of manufacture, and a chemical analysis stating...
Page 436 - ... shall sell, offer or expose for sale, or have in his possession with intent to sell any syrup, maple syrup, sugar-cane syrup, sugar syrup, refiners...
Page 64 - ... the place of manufacture, and a chemical analysis stating the percentage of nitrogen or its equivalent in ammonia, of potash soluble in distilled water, and of phosphoric acid in available form soluble in distilled water and reverted, as well as the total phosphoric acid. In the case of those fertilizers which consist of other and cheaper materials, said label shall give a correct general statement of the composition and ingredients of the fertilizer it accompanies.
Page 436 - Before any commercial fertilizer or any material to be used as a fertilizer is sold, offered or exposed for sale in this state, the manufacturer, importer or person who causes the same to be sold, offered or exposed for sale shall file with the...
Page 6 - TRADE-VALUES OF PLANT-FOOD ELEMENTS IN RAW MATERIALS AND CHEMICALS. The trade-values in the following schedule have been agreed upon by the Experiment Stations of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Vermont, as a result of study of the prices actually prevailing in the large markets of these states. These...
Page 437 - ... statement showing the net pounds of fertilizer in the package or lot, the name, brand, or trade-mark under which the fertilizer is sold, the name and address of the importer, manufacturer, or manipulator, the place of manufacture...
Page 66 - Experiment Station, the authorities of which shall expend the same in meeting the legitimate expenses of the station, and for inspecting and making analyses of fertilizers, in experimental tests of same, and in other experimental work and purchases as shall inure to the benefit of the farmers of this Commonwealth.
Page 66 - And he is hereby authorized to prescribe and enforce such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to carry fully into effect the true intent and meaning of this act; and...
Page 91 - When a boy I captured one of these mole-shrews and found to my astonishment that he was a bloodthirsty and formidable little beast of prey. He speedily killed and ate a partially grown white-footed mouse which I put in the same cage with him. (I think a full-grown mouse of this kind would be an overmatch for a shrew.) I then put a small snake in with him. The shrew was very active but seemed nearly blind, and as he ran to and fro he never seemed to be aware of the presence of anything living until...

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