The Cereal in America ...O. Judd Company, 1904 - 421 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 100
Página 17
... average con- ditions , the large seeds may perhaps give the best results , especially as under field conditions the larger size may be of advantage in enabling the plant to get a more vigorous start . Specific proof of this is , however ...
... average con- ditions , the large seeds may perhaps give the best results , especially as under field conditions the larger size may be of advantage in enabling the plant to get a more vigorous start . Specific proof of this is , however ...
Página 23
... average weight of the fourteen ears and yielded 32 per cent more than the average yield of the same fourteen ears . This testing of the power of plants to transmit their characteristics is pains- taking work , and will form a large part ...
... average weight of the fourteen ears and yielded 32 per cent more than the average yield of the same fourteen ears . This testing of the power of plants to transmit their characteristics is pains- taking work , and will form a large part ...
Página 24
... average . In the breeding of animals in practice it is the few inferior animals represented by the lower end of the curve that are dis- carded . In the case of plants , however , embryo plants ( seeds ) are produced in such abundance ...
... average . In the breeding of animals in practice it is the few inferior animals represented by the lower end of the curve that are dis- carded . In the case of plants , however , embryo plants ( seeds ) are produced in such abundance ...
Página 28
... average height is four feet . The length of the culm has an important influence upon the liability to lodge , and also influences the ease of harvesting . It seems probable that the yield of straw may affect the loss in soil fertility ...
... average height is four feet . The length of the culm has an important influence upon the liability to lodge , and also influences the ease of harvesting . It seems probable that the yield of straw may affect the loss in soil fertility ...
Página 38
... average analyses of 310 American grown samples of grain and seven samples of wheat straw : 1 Grain Straw Min . Max . Aver . Min . Max . A ver . Water • 7.1 14.0 10.5 6.5 17.9 9.6 Ash 0.8 3.6 1.8 3.0 7.0 4.2 Protein ( N x 6.25 ) 8.1 17.2 ...
... average analyses of 310 American grown samples of grain and seven samples of wheat straw : 1 Grain Straw Min . Max . Aver . Min . Max . A ver . Water • 7.1 14.0 10.5 6.5 17.9 9.6 Ash 0.8 3.6 1.8 3.0 7.0 4.2 Protein ( N x 6.25 ) 8.1 17.2 ...
Contenido
68 | |
78 | |
87 | |
93 | |
112 | |
136 | |
153 | |
163 | |
169 | |
180 | |
182 | |
190 | |
197 | |
201 | |
207 | |
215 | |
231 | |
243 | |
317 | |
332 | |
338 | |
344 | |
353 | |
357 | |
363 | |
372 | |
382 | |
394 | |
400 | |
406 | |
411 | |
413 | |
414 | |
418 | |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
aleurone aleurone layer barley bran breeding bushels bushels per acre cent cereals climate clover color common wheat corn crop crude fiber culm cultivated dent maize drill dry matter ears embryo endosperm farm feet field five flint flour flowering glume fodder four germination gliadin glumes gluten grade grain grass growing grown growth harrow harvested Hessian fly hull husk Illinois Station inches deep increase influence injury insects land less lime maize plant manure maturity method nitrogen North North Dakota oats obtained panicle percentage phosphoric acid plat plowing pollen pounds produced protein rachis rainfall rice ripening roots rows season seed bed selection silage smut soil sowing sown species spike spikelets spring wheat stalks starch Station found stover straw sweet maize tassel tion U. S. Dept usually variation vary weeds winter wheat yellow yield of grain yield of maize
Pasajes populares
Página 14 - What would be the result? In five staples only in the United States alone the inexhaustible forces of nature would produce annually without effort and without cost: « 5,200,000 extra bushels of corn : 15,000,000 extra bushels of wheat; 20,000,000 extra bushels of oats; 1,500,000 extra bushels of barley; 21,000,000 extra bushels of potatoes.
Página 343 - No. 3 barley shall Include slightly shrunken and otherwise slightly damaged barley not good enough for No. 2. No. 4 barley shall include all barley fit for malting purposes not good enough for No. 3. No. 5...
Página 275 - No. 3 Yellow Corn shall be three-fourths yellow, reasonably dry and reasonably clean, but not sufficiently sound for No. 2.
Página 14 - The vast possibilities of plant breedinig can hardly be estimated. It would not be difficult for one man to breed a new rye, wheat, barley, oats or rice which would produce one grain more to each head, or a corn which would produce an extra kernel to each ear, another potato to each plant, or an apple, plum, orange or nut to each tree. What would be the result?
Página 15 - But these vast possibilities are not alone for one year, or for our own time or race, but are beneficent legacies for every man, woman or child who shall ever inhabit the earth. And who can estimate the elevating and refining influences and moral value of flowers with all their graceful forms and bewitching shades and combinations of colors, and exquisitely varied perfumes?