The Cereal in America ...O. Judd Company, 1904 - 421 páginas |
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Thomas Forsyth Hunt. Dean of Instructors in Cereal Crops , in an American Wheat Field . The Cereals in America BY THOMAS F. HUNT Professor of. PROFESSOR I. P. ROBERTS ,
Thomas Forsyth Hunt. Dean of Instructors in Cereal Crops , in an American Wheat Field . The Cereals in America BY THOMAS F. HUNT Professor of. PROFESSOR I. P. ROBERTS ,
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... field . Unfortu- nately this is not always possible , since no systematic course of instruction can be planned that will conform with the season of crop growth and meet the exigencies of the weather . Practi- cums should be supplied ...
... field . Unfortu- nately this is not always possible , since no systematic course of instruction can be planned that will conform with the season of crop growth and meet the exigencies of the weather . Practi- cums should be supplied ...
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... may occur to them either as to subject matter or method of treatment . THOMAS F. HUNT . CORNELL UNIVERSITY , ITHACA , N. Y. , October 1 , 1904 CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. CLASSIFICATION AND CHOICE OF FIELD CROPS PREFACE vii.
... may occur to them either as to subject matter or method of treatment . THOMAS F. HUNT . CORNELL UNIVERSITY , ITHACA , N. Y. , October 1 , 1904 CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. CLASSIFICATION AND CHOICE OF FIELD CROPS PREFACE vii.
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... Field crops , p . 2 ; Number of cultivated species , p . 2 ; Classification , p . 3 ; Area and value of field crops in 1899 in U. S. , p . 3 ; Cereals , p . 4 ; Grasses , p . 6 ; Legumes for hay and pasture , p . 6 ; Legumes for seeds ...
... Field crops , p . 2 ; Number of cultivated species , p . 2 ; Classification , p . 3 ; Area and value of field crops in 1899 in U. S. , p . 3 ; Cereals , p . 4 ; Grasses , p . 6 ; Legumes for hay and pasture , p . 6 ; Legumes for seeds ...
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... field , p . 133 ; Mature plant in • 133 field , p . 133 ; Mature dried plant in xiv CONTENTS.
... field , p . 133 ; Mature plant in • 133 field , p . 133 ; Mature dried plant in xiv CONTENTS.
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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?