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.... It appropriates $15,000 to each state for the purpose of establishing an agricultural experiment station, to be located at the land-grant college unless the stat Agricultural Experiment Station of the Alabama

...a population of 7,912, scattered comfortably and working happily in 1,761 buildings in the developed part of its 4,500 acres, and the effect of living eight ye ...y cases combine with factory work the healthy and profitable work of small agricultural production."

The agricultural ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus molefaciens) of Texas may build its mound-nests ...rmites, however, is by burrowing into the sills and foundation- timbers of buildings, thus undermining the whole structure. They also injure books and documents

...use or hotbed, or in the open. If it is in the open, it should be near the buildings, where it can be visited frequently and where water may be applied as neede ...the day are a number of advertisements of shopkeepers who dealt in seeds. Agricultural seeds were an article of commerce as early as 1747 (Pieters), clover, onion

...the truck crops grown in the South and to seventh place among the standard agricultural crops of the nation. ...in the least possible degree to outside changes of temperature. While the buildings are not insulated, they are provided with paper between the studding and sh

...poplars was made at the botanic gardens at St. Petersburg and also at the agricultural college at Moscow. The late J. L. Budd introduced many of these forms and t ...s scattered here and there in mixed plantings, or when seen over or behind buildings, it may be most picturesque and satisfactory; but the tendency is to plant

...plants. It seems best, therefore, to use the word greenhouse for all glass buildings in which plants are grown; and American usage favors this conclusion. ...xtreme simplicity (Fig. 1547, p. 1256). In the extreme South, lattice-work buildings are sometimes used for the protection of plants, both from light frosts and

...g, growing, cultivating and harvesting healthy vegetables amidst high-rise buildings and the concrete jungle; ...rban residents. Many cities were isolated from their rural hinterlands and agricultural products did not reach the city markets anymore or were sold at very high p

...utdoor air. The aim of common storage is "to conserve the natural cold" in buildings which are specially constructed and equipped with proper ventilating device ...se of cold storage is not confined to modern civilization. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer for the United States Department of Agriculture, reports the findi

...tanist to the horticulturist. Horticulture is a composite of botanical and agricultural subjects. ...New England," 1895, is interesting. In a still narrower field, Boardman'a "Agricultural Bibliography of Maine" is critical and invaluable. The chapter on "American

permanent buildings should be located in connection with roadways and ...ings were abundant on nearly every plantation. The South being strictly an agricultural country, there was little chance for commercial peach-culture until along b

...only the most desirable features to be seen, covering the outlines of ugly buildings, or completely hiding objectionable objects, either nearby or distant; form ..., placed over the surface before filling, or, in some cases, by the use of agricultural tile drains on the old surface at close intervals and so arranged as to fac

...to consider anything that might help us grow a better garden and we enjoy agricultural science at a lay person's level. ...bend an unnaturally simplified ecosystem to their will. As a result, most agricultural districts are losing soil at a non-sustainable rate and produce food of low