The Cereal in America ...O. Judd Company, 1904 - 421 páginas |
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... deep study and good judgment . Varieties frequently deteriorate on account of unwise selection . This is especially true of maize , although it is the field crop which it is the easiest to select . 44. C. Testing Power of Specific Forms ...
... deep study and good judgment . Varieties frequently deteriorate on account of unwise selection . This is especially true of maize , although it is the field crop which it is the easiest to select . 44. C. Testing Power of Specific Forms ...
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... deep.1 Webber found that if the roots of one wheat plant were placed end to end they would reach 1,704 feet . Near the surface the roots branch and re - branch abundantly , filling the soil with a mass of roots , the ends of which are ...
... deep.1 Webber found that if the roots of one wheat plant were placed end to end they would reach 1,704 feet . Near the surface the roots branch and re - branch abundantly , filling the soil with a mass of roots , the ends of which are ...
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... deep this rhizome is about one inch long . At the top of this internode a joint bears a leaf , and a few other joints follow at very short intervals , each having a bud in the axil of its leaf . " 2 56. The Organs of Reproduction.- The ...
... deep this rhizome is about one inch long . At the top of this internode a joint bears a leaf , and a few other joints follow at very short intervals , each having a bud in the axil of its leaf . " 2 56. The Organs of Reproduction.- The ...
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... deep furrow on the side opposite the embryo , causing a deep infolding STRUCTURE OF WHEAT 33.
... deep furrow on the side opposite the embryo , causing a deep infolding STRUCTURE OF WHEAT 33.
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Thomas Forsyth Hunt. the side opposite the embryo , causing a deep infolding of the pericarp or bran , which makes the roller process of milling a superior method . It is characterized by a small embryo , and a large development of ...
Thomas Forsyth Hunt. the side opposite the embryo , causing a deep infolding of the pericarp or bran , which makes the roller process of milling a superior method . It is characterized by a small embryo , and a large development of ...
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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
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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?