The Cereal in America ...O. Judd Company, 1904 - 421 páginas |
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... known as the " Villa . " This farm steading was often an elaborate affair , including many build ings , and enclosures for the growth of fruits and vegetables . Outside the villa lay the extensive unenclosed areas on which were raised ...
... known as the " Villa . " This farm steading was often an elaborate affair , including many build ings , and enclosures for the growth of fruits and vegetables . Outside the villa lay the extensive unenclosed areas on which were raised ...
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Thomas Forsyth Hunt. known as horticulture . In American agriculture , with the enclo- sure of all farm lands and large production of animals on these enclosed areas , on the one hand , and the extension of the growth of fruits and ...
Thomas Forsyth Hunt. known as horticulture . In American agriculture , with the enclo- sure of all farm lands and large production of animals on these enclosed areas , on the one hand , and the extension of the growth of fruits and ...
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... known species of true grasses , divided into about 300 genera . In the United States there are now known to be about 1380 species ( 1275 native and 105 intro- duced ) , divided among 165 genera ( 140 native and 25 intro- duced ) . W. J. ...
... known species of true grasses , divided into about 300 genera . In the United States there are now known to be about 1380 species ( 1275 native and 105 intro- duced ) , divided among 165 genera ( 140 native and 25 intro- duced ) . W. J. ...
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... known as the small grains have been harvested with the sickle , cradle , reaper and self - binding har- vester in successive years and afterwards flailed or threshed , while the crops grown by intercultural tillage have been in the past ...
... known as the small grains have been harvested with the sickle , cradle , reaper and self - binding har- vester in successive years and afterwards flailed or threshed , while the crops grown by intercultural tillage have been in the past ...
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... known from the earliest times . Camerarius first published experimental proof of the sexuality of plants December 28 , 1691. It was not until after this discovery that the function of pollen and its necessity to seed formation was ...
... known from the earliest times . Camerarius first published experimental proof of the sexuality of plants December 28 , 1691. It was not until after this discovery that the function of pollen and its necessity to seed formation was ...
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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?