The Cereal in America ...O. Judd Company, 1904 - 421 páginas |
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... field of arable or pasture land . The acre was limited to its present definite quantity by statutes of Edward I , Edward III , and Henry VIII . known as horticulture . In American agriculture , with the I Agriculture Horticulture.
... field of arable or pasture land . The acre was limited to its present definite quantity by statutes of Edward I , Edward III , and Henry VIII . known as horticulture . In American agriculture , with the I Agriculture Horticulture.
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... lands and large production of animals on these enclosed areas , on the one hand , and the extension of the growth of fruits and vegetables to large areas , on the other hand , these distinctions somewhat disappear . In general , hor ...
... lands and large production of animals on these enclosed areas , on the one hand , and the extension of the growth of fruits and vegetables to large areas , on the other hand , these distinctions somewhat disappear . In general , hor ...
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... land was given at 415 million acres . This probably means that 125 million acres were in pasture . The area devoted to hay and pasture was therefore substantially the same as that given to the cereals . About one acre in thirty of the ...
... land was given at 415 million acres . This probably means that 125 million acres were in pasture . The area devoted to hay and pasture was therefore substantially the same as that given to the cereals . About one acre in thirty of the ...
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... lands , twenty grasses for embankments , nineteen grasses for holding shifting sands . In a number of instances the same grass occurs in two or more different classes . The principal cultivated grasses for hay are timothy and red top ...
... lands , twenty grasses for embankments , nineteen grasses for holding shifting sands . In a number of instances the same grass occurs in two or more different classes . The principal cultivated grasses for hay are timothy and red top ...
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... . Plants , like animals , have great adaptability : they may become accli- mated and do fairly well when neither soil nor climate is like their native land . Many wild plants show great vitality 10 THE CEREALS IN AMERICA.
... . Plants , like animals , have great adaptability : they may become accli- mated and do fairly well when neither soil nor climate is like their native land . Many wild plants show great vitality 10 THE CEREALS IN AMERICA.
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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?