The Cereal in America ...O. Judd Company, 1904 - 421 páginas |
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... Drilling compared with broadcasting , p . 84 ; Quantity of seed per acre , p . 85 ; Influence of size of seed , p . 87 ; Treat- ment of seed , p . 89 ; Wheat seeding machinery , p . 90 . Cultivation • Rolling , p . 92 . · 79 81 92 ...
... Drilling compared with broadcasting , p . 84 ; Quantity of seed per acre , p . 85 ; Influence of size of seed , p . 87 ; Treat- ment of seed , p . 89 ; Wheat seeding machinery , p . 90 . Cultivation • Rolling , p . 92 . · 79 81 92 ...
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... Drills · • 231 Method of Distribution , p . 232 ; Distance apart of rows , p . 234 ; Intercultural tillage , p . 235 ; Injury due to weeds , p . 235 Effect of Stirring the Soil · Root pruning , p . 236 ; Depth of cultivation , p . 237 ...
... Drills · • 231 Method of Distribution , p . 232 ; Distance apart of rows , p . 234 ; Intercultural tillage , p . 235 ; Injury due to weeds , p . 235 Effect of Stirring the Soil · Root pruning , p . 236 ; Depth of cultivation , p . 237 ...
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... drill or by applying at the same time the wheat is drilled by a fertilizer attachment . The latter method is much to be preferred . In some cases an additional application of nitrogen is made to winter wheat by sowing nitrate of soda ...
... drill or by applying at the same time the wheat is drilled by a fertilizer attachment . The latter method is much to be preferred . In some cases an additional application of nitrogen is made to winter wheat by sowing nitrate of soda ...
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... drill is sometimes preceded by a harrow drawn by one horse . In this case the soil has the proper surface pul- verization from the cultivation of the maize and is compact below . Afterward , at the proper time , the maize is husked . In ...
... drill is sometimes preceded by a harrow drawn by one horse . In this case the soil has the proper surface pul- verization from the cultivation of the maize and is compact below . Afterward , at the proper time , the maize is husked . In ...
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... Drilling Compared with Broadcasting . Stations of thirteen States have made experiments to compare drilling wheat ... drill makes little furrows in which the snow lodges and is prevented from being blown away . It has been abundantly ...
... Drilling Compared with Broadcasting . Stations of thirteen States have made experiments to compare drilling wheat ... drill makes little furrows in which the snow lodges and is prevented from being blown away . It has been abundantly ...
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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?