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Browsing by Author "Earley, Ernest Benton"

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    Comparative value of scarified and of unhulled seeds of biennial white sweet clover for hay production
    Earley, Ernest Benton (Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1929)
    Unhulled white sweet clover seeds return larger yields of bay and greater profits than do similar scarified seeds. Seedlings resulting from unhulled seeds are more resistant to low temperatures than seedlings coming from scarified seeds. Sweet clover seedlings are most resistant to cold when in very early stages of development. They become more susceptible with advance in age. High soil moisture exerts a protective influence on seedlings which are in a susceptible stage of growth at the time of exposure to low temperatures. There is some evidence, although not conclusive, that seedlings coming from scarified seeds are more active physiologically than those coming from unhulled seeds.
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    The Neubauer method as a means of determining the fertilizer requirements in certain Virginia soils
    Earley, Ernest Benton (Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, 1929)
    Rye seedlings grown on differently fertilized plats at Chatham, Virginia, and at Fishersville, Virginia, for the year 1928, and tested by the Neubauer seedling method for phosphorus gave no clue to the amount and availability of the phosphatic fertilizer added. Therefore, the Neubauer seedling method as devised by Neubauer did not prove to be of value in determining the phosphorus availability of Virginia soils under the conditions prevailing in 1928.