The Cereal in America ...O. Judd Company, 1904 - 421 páginas |
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... obtained from census reports or the reports of the U. S. Department of Agriculture . 28. COLLATERral Reading . - Corn Plants . Their Uses 12 THE CEREALS IN AMERICA Specialties, p 12; General farming, p Practicum Collateral Reading ...
... obtained from census reports or the reports of the U. S. Department of Agriculture . 28. COLLATERral Reading . - Corn Plants . Their Uses 12 THE CEREALS IN AMERICA Specialties, p 12; General farming, p Practicum Collateral Reading ...
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... obtained for the subsequent progeny is unknown . This is not quite so true of maize as of the other cereals , because of the method of harvesting the crop . Even if the large ear of maize is a measure of the productiveness of the ...
... obtained for the subsequent progeny is unknown . This is not quite so true of maize as of the other cereals , because of the method of harvesting the crop . Even if the large ear of maize is a measure of the productiveness of the ...
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... obtaining the various modifications of shape , size , flavor , etc. , demanded by their patrons and the caprices of fashion . " The time will doubtless come when there will be many breeders of pure strains of maize , wheat , timothy and ...
... obtaining the various modifications of shape , size , flavor , etc. , demanded by their patrons and the caprices of fashion . " The time will doubtless come when there will be many breeders of pure strains of maize , wheat , timothy and ...
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... obtain seed from distant parts of the country for a region whose soil and climate are well suited to the crop . If ... Obtaining seed oats from regions where the crop does better may be good business management . 1 E. S. R. , Vol . XI ...
... obtain seed from distant parts of the country for a region whose soil and climate are well suited to the crop . If ... Obtaining seed oats from regions where the crop does better may be good business management . 1 E. S. R. , Vol . XI ...
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... obtained remarkable results . After the ability of the plant to transmit its characters has been demon- strated , the seed can be rapidly multiplied for field purposes . It is well understood by livestock breeders that the best ...
... obtained remarkable results . After the ability of the plant to transmit its characters has been demon- strated , the seed can be rapidly multiplied for field purposes . It is well understood by livestock breeders that the best ...
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aleurone aleurone layer barley bran breeding bushels bushels per acre cent cereals climate clover color common wheat corn crop crude fiber culm cultivated dent maize drill dry matter ears embryo endosperm farm feet field five flint flour flowering glume fodder four germination gliadin glumes gluten grade grain grass growing grown growth harrow harvested Hessian fly hull husk Illinois Station inches deep increase influence injury insects land less lime maize plant manure maturity method nitrogen North North Dakota oats obtained panicle percentage phosphoric acid plat plowing pollen pounds produced protein rachis rainfall rice ripening roots rows season seed bed selection silage smut soil sowing sown species spike spikelets spring wheat stalks starch Station found stover straw sweet maize tassel tion U. S. Dept usually variation vary weeds winter wheat yellow yield of grain yield of maize
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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?