Abstract
IN this volume are included the thirty-eighth annual report of the Secretary of the Michigan State Board of Agriculture, and the twelfth annual report of the Experiment Station of the State Agricultural College. Many subjects of interest are dealt with in both reports, but only a few can be referred to here. Experiments with Indian corn, to test the influence of thickness of planting upon the character of the crop, show that a gradual increase occurs in the yield of dry matter and protein as the distance between the rows and between individual plants is increased. It appears that, to obtain the greatest yield of valuable nutrients, Indian corn should be planted in rows fully three and a half feet apart, and the seeds six and nine inches apart in the rows. The establishment of several large beet-sugar factories in the State last year has caused increased attention to be given to experiments in beet culture. An interesting detail of some new experimental work, to which reference is made by Prof. C. D. Smith, director of the Experimental Station, is the breeding of bees with longer tongues. It is hoped that, by selection and breeding, a variety of honey bee will be developed capable of extracting nectar from the blossoms of the clover grown in the State.
Michigan Board of Agriculture. Annual Report 1898–99.
Pp. 465. (Michigan: State Board of Agriculture, 1899.)
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Michigan Board of Agriculture Annual Report 1898–99. Nature 62, 365 (1900). https://doi.org/10.1038/062365c0
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