The Cereal in America ...O. Judd Company, 1904 - 421 páginas |
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... suggestions that 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.
... suggestions that 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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... matter , p . 211 ; Application of stable manure , p . 212 ; Use of com- mercial fertilizers , p . 213 ; Relative importance of fertilizing constituents , p . 213 ; Methods of applying fertilizers , p . 214 ; Influence of season on ...
... matter , p . 211 ; Application of stable manure , p . 212 ; Use of com- mercial fertilizers , p . 213 ; Relative importance of fertilizing constituents , p . 213 ; Methods of applying fertilizers , p . 214 ; Influence of season on ...
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... matter of consid- erable commercial importance . It is claimed that the moisture that this California wheat will absorb during a voyage from San Francisco to Liverpool will sometimes increase its weight enough to pay the entire cost of ...
... matter of consid- erable commercial importance . It is claimed that the moisture that this California wheat will absorb during a voyage from San Francisco to Liverpool will sometimes increase its weight enough to pay the entire cost of ...
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... matter of the grain . Koenig reports the range in protein of the wheat grain from various parts of the world to be from five to twenty- four per cent , but that seventy - five per cent of all analyses fall within eight to fourteen per ...
... matter of the grain . Koenig reports the range in protein of the wheat grain from various parts of the world to be from five to twenty- four per cent , but that seventy - five per cent of all analyses fall within eight to fourteen per ...
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... matter gliadin is a plastic substance which may be drawn out into sheets or strings . By proper chem- ical manipulation it may be reduced to a snow - white powder . When distilled water is added to this powder it becomes sticky , but if ...
... matter gliadin is a plastic substance which may be drawn out into sheets or strings . By proper chem- ical manipulation it may be reduced to a snow - white powder . When distilled water is added to this powder it becomes sticky , but if ...
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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?