Annual Report Of The Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station For 1907 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Porto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station for 1907 Besides a continuation of the work of the agricultural experiment station previously reported. Several new lines have been planned and put into effect. This has been made possible by the Congress of the United States providing additional funds for maintenance, which for the coming year amount to Out of this sum a chemical labora torv is being fitted up and a chemist and assistant chemist have been employed. It is hoped also to add a plant pathologist to the staff, per mitting the entomologist to devote all his time to that subject. The present greatest need of the station is a suitable building for carrying on the work of its various departments. Heretofore an aban doued sugar mill that. Stood on the plantation when purchased for the use of the station has been employed for this purpose, but. It is wholly unsuited to the requirements. A modern building situated on higher ground, with a system of ventilation and adapted to bacteriological and chemical work. Is much needed. In fact, it. Is absolutely required before. Certain work now necessary can be carried further. 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.