Report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, Ithaca, and of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station Volume 33-41

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...--A comparative study of the total quantities of nutrients in arid and humid soils. R. W. Johnson--Effect of soluble organic matter of straw on nitrification in soil. D. F. Kinsman--A study of muck soil. W. M. Phipps--The nature of the organic matter of calcareous and noncalcareous soils. S. Waterman--The carbon-nitrogen ratio in high-and low-calcium soils. Animal Husbandry In the Department of Animal Husbandry the following papers have been published: M. W. Harper--Feeding work horses. Cornell Univ. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bui. 437. 1925 This bulletin gives the results of a study contrasting the relative usefulness of oats and of corn as grain for the work horse. A series of tests were conducted, in which the two grains were fed in various combinations and occasionally supplemented with...