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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

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i( Wheat, effect of time and manner of harvesting Wheat, effect of fertilizers ! 1888-89 Wheat, methods of soil preparation Wheat, large or small seed Wheat, quantity of seed per acre Wheat, time of sowing 11 Wheat, depth of sowing Wheat, effect of fertilizers upon << Corn fodder, effect of ripeness 11 Oats, testing varieties Corn, cross fertilization of Corn, rate of growth 1890-91 Wheat, test of varieties Oats, effect of time and manner of harvesting upon yield] and chemical composition 1890 Corn, effect of removing tassels | 1891 1 1891-92 To improve and produce varieties of cereals Tests of sugar beets Sorghum, test of varieties 1892-93 Corn, planting a mixture of varieties Wheat, mixing varieties when sowing Oats, mixing varieties when sowing Forage plants other than grass and clovers, trials of 1894 Tile drainage, trials of in southern Illinois

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Feeding Experiments— Cost of production of young steers 1887-88 Cost of production of young colts Figs, comparison between corn, grass, and corn and grass in feeding 1888-89 Pigs, comparison between wheat and corn in feeding 1892-93 Pigs, effect upon of food of different kinds 4 4 Steers, effect upon of food of different kinds , Steers, fed with and without winter shelter ,... Cows, economic methods of feeding

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Dairying Experiments— Milk tests, investigation of Composite milk samples tested for butter fat Milk production, how affected by a grain ration fed to! cows on grass | 135 Milk production, how affected by an increasing grain ration ! 138| Milk, acidity of, requisite for highest product of churn,j and methods of producing that degree of acidtty 151 Variations in milk

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Tree Culture— 1887-88 Orchard, soil cultivation and management Orchard, soil fertilization Apples, testing new varieties 4( I Apples, testing new varieties by top-grafting Apples, testing hardiness of root-grafted and double-l worked trees 4 4 Pears, testing new varieties Plums, testing new varieties 4 4 Cherries, testing new varieties Forest trees, growing of 1888-39 791 Testing and improving native fruits 80 Testing the effects of stock and scion upon each other 91 Peach trees, winter protection of 101 1889-90 Trees, protection of trunks 102| Trees, protection from mice, rabbits and insects 114 Apple trees, methods of propagation by whole and by 1890 piece roots 1887-88 126] University experiment orchard Orchard, soil cultivation and management of young trees. 1 1891 127]

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