The Cereal in America ...O. Judd Company, 1904 - 421 páginas |
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... larger than that of clover hay from about one - half the area . The clover species commonly used for hay are common red clover , mammoth red clover , alsike clover and crimson clover , of which the first occupies much the largest area ...
... larger than that of clover hay from about one - half the area . The clover species commonly used for hay are common red clover , mammoth red clover , alsike clover and crimson clover , of which the first occupies much the largest area ...
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... larger part of the sugar will come from this plant . Sorghum is , also , grown for the production of syrup , and hard maple forests are maintained both for the production of sugar and syrup . 15. Fiber Plants . The principal fiber ...
... larger part of the sugar will come from this plant . Sorghum is , also , grown for the production of syrup , and hard maple forests are maintained both for the production of sugar and syrup . 15. Fiber Plants . The principal fiber ...
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... larger money return for the acreage and of such as cannot be carried great distances without injury becomes more common . 24. The Choice of Crops . - The general practice is usually the safest guide . There are many exceptions to this ...
... larger money return for the acreage and of such as cannot be carried great distances without injury becomes more common . 24. The Choice of Crops . - The general practice is usually the safest guide . There are many exceptions to this ...
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... larger profits than come to the farmer who divides his efforts among several branches of farming . The specialty farmer ought to learn more about producing and disposing of his one crop than if he looked after several . He has a better ...
... larger profits than come to the farmer who divides his efforts among several branches of farming . The specialty farmer ought to learn more about producing and disposing of his one crop than if he looked after several . He has a better ...
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... larger size may be of advantage in enabling the plant to get a more vigorous start . Specific proof of this is , however , lacking . Hays believes it to be established that the best heads of wheat , as well as best plants , should be ...
... larger size may be of advantage in enabling the plant to get a more vigorous start . Specific proof of this is , however , lacking . Hays believes it to be established that the best heads of wheat , as well as best plants , should be ...
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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?