Excerpt from Report of the Federal Experiment Station in Puerto Rico, 1953 Experiments conducted to find a means Of producing large numbers of rooted plants that Could be removed easily and transported to planting Sites yielded the following results. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Report of the Federal Experiment Station in Puerto Rico, 1947: Issued October 1948 The College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts of the University of Puerto Rico, located adjacent to the station, frequently utilized the station facilities in field demonstrations to students. The two agencies also cooperated in the installation of a new sewage line to take care of the needs of both institutions. The extension service of the University Of Puerto Rico gave the finest cooperation to the station in the distribution of plant material, particularly tropical kudzu, bamboo, and usda - 34 sweet corn. The Federal and Insular Forest Services made labor available to the station for the propagation and distribution of newly introduced bamboos. Several thousand offsets of bamboo were planted on water sheds throughout the mountainous areas of Puerto Rico. The Insular Forest Service continued to make areas of land available at Two Negro, Maricao, and Guanica, for the testing of various tropical plants and for the cinchona and vegetable programs Of the station. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Report of the Federal Experiment Station in Puerto Rico, 1952 Due to the increase in building there has been a great local demand for plants. A total of ornamental plants and trees, 120 fruit trees, and 49 blocks of Zoysia sod were distributed during the year. A total of 222 packets of seed representing 187 species were sent to 13 foreign countries and to the United States during the year. Cut. Tin s of Bern's elliptica were sent to Mexico; scion wood of avocado an seed of a number of coffee varieties were sent to Liberia; plants of vetiver and citronella grass were sent to Brazil; and scion wood of mango varieties to Tortola, British Vir in Islands. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Report of the Federal Experiment Station in Puerto Rico, 1948 Manila grass seed stored at 100 percent humidity for a period of 3 months had much lower viability than seed stored over sulfuric acid at 50 and 75 percent humidities. Seed stored at approximately 25 and 0 percent humidities germinated poorly, possibly because of toxic fumes from the concentrated sulfuric acid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Report of the Puerto Rico Experiment Station, 1941 Soil erosion. Considering soil erosion, weed and grass control, and yield, the straw treatment was the most satisfactory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.