Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1892 [PAGE 289]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS. T A B L E S SHOWING EXPERIMENTS—Concluded. 3 Class and Title of Experiment.

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Milk production, how affected by a grain ration fed to ' 1891 cows on grass Milk production, how affected by an increasing grain! 1891-2! ration. Milk, acidity of requisite to highest product of churn, and methods of producing that acidity Tree Culture. Orchard, soil cultivation and management 1887-8 Orchard, soil fertilization Apples, testing new varieties Apples, testing new varieties by top-grafting Apples, testing hardiness of root-grafted and doubleworked trees Pears, testing new varieties Plums, testing new varieties Cherries, testing new varieties Forest trees, growing of Testing and improving native fruits Testing the effects of stock and scion upon each other Peach trees, winter protection of 1889-90 Trees, protection of trunks Trees, protection from mice, rabbits and insects Apple trees, methods of propagation by whole and by 1890 piece roots 1887-8 University experiment orchard 18*1 Orchard, soil cultivation and management of young trees. Vine Culture, Grapes, testing new varieties Grapes, methods of training Grapes, soil treatment Small Fruit Culture. Blackberries, testing varieties Raspberries, testing varieties Strawberries, testing varieties Strawberries, method of management Strawberries, raising seedlings Raspberries, soil management Blackberries, method of management 1890 Gardening. Beans, testing varieties 1887-8! Sweet corn, testing varieties Potatoes, investigation of scab Cucurbitaceous plants, except melons, tests of 1889 901 Potatoes, investigation of rot in Tomatoes, investigation of rot in Beans, investigation of diseases in Tree and, Vine Culture. Fungicides, use of 1887-8 Insecticides, use of

Miscellaneous. R e c o r d of soil t e m p e r a t u r e s 1888-9 Soil m o i s t u r e , evaporation of w a t e r from t h e surface*of water, of uncultivated soil, of cultivated soil, of a corn plant, a n d of g r a s s Meteorological record from A u g u s t 17,1888 Biology of ensilage Canada thistles, e x t e r m i n a t i o n • f. (At Mattoon) F r u i t s , p r o d u c t i o n of n e w varieties from s e e d s 1889-90! Vi ality of timothy, blue g r a s s a n d r e d t o p Feeds t e s t e d . Vitality of s e e d s t e s t e d I n v e s t i g a t i o n of a bacterial d i s e a s e of c o r n Woods, t e s t i n g durab.lity of 1891 Sweet c o r n , t h i c k n e s s of p l a n t i n g P o t a t o e s , test of varieties

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