Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1894 [PAGE 326]

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AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION.

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Class and title of experiment.

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 461 Strawberries, method of management. 51 Strawberries, raising seedlings 52] Raspberries, soli management 123 Blackberries, method of management.

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Beans, testing varieties Sweet corn, testing varieties C ucurbitaceous plants, except melons, tests of. Potatoes, investigation of their diseases Tomatoes, investigation of rot in Sweet corn, thickness of plantings Potatoes, test of varieties Potatoes, use of commercial fertilizers u p o n . . . Corn, use of commercial fertilizers upon Vegetables for the garden, trials of Tree and Vine Culture— Fungicides, use of Insecticides, use of ,,

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Miscellaneous— Record of soil temperatures Meteorological record from August 17,1888 Canada thistles, extermination of 931 Fruits, production of new varieties from seeds 971 Vitality of seeds tested 10' Woods, testing durability of 1051 Investigation of a bacterial disease of corn 120 Cross fertilization of plants, testing effects of 125 Investigation of the deterioration of fruits and vegetables 129 Investigation of red rust in blackberries and raspberries.. 152] Investigations concerning the growth of root tubercles on graminaceous plants 158 Chinch bugs, investigation of their contagious diseases... 159J Study of the life history and method of treatment of smut in broom corn 16o] Study of economic parasitic fungi of Illinois 161 Study of histological structure or corn 162 Study of the weeds of Illinois

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