The Cereal in America ...O. Judd Company, 1904 - 421 páginas |
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... pounds of straw for each bushel of wheat during a period of ten years ' continuous culture without fertilizers ; 115 pounds per bushel where a complete commercial fertilizer was used , and 111 pounds per bushel where farm yard manure ...
... pounds of straw for each bushel of wheat during a period of ten years ' continuous culture without fertilizers ; 115 pounds per bushel where a complete commercial fertilizer was used , and 111 pounds per bushel where farm yard manure ...
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... pound of wheat : in some samples there were less than 8,000 , while in others 24,000 grains to the pound . Obviously ... pounds per bushel , and greater extremes have been noted . The color of the grain varies from a very light yellow ...
... pound of wheat : in some samples there were less than 8,000 , while in others 24,000 grains to the pound . Obviously ... pounds per bushel , and greater extremes have been noted . The color of the grain varies from a very light yellow ...
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... pounds of nitrates besides those already formed in the soil , and by assuming that throughout the growing season four pounds of nitrates per month are produced by the nitrifying agents in the soil . Six months of growth would be ...
... pounds of nitrates besides those already formed in the soil , and by assuming that throughout the growing season four pounds of nitrates per month are produced by the nitrifying agents in the soil . Six months of growth would be ...
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... pounds , one hundred pounds , or a thousand pounds , is an economic and therefore a local question . Experiments have shown clearly that some in- crease in yield will result when fertilizers are applied in proper ways , at proper times ...
... pounds , one hundred pounds , or a thousand pounds , is an economic and therefore a local question . Experiments have shown clearly that some in- crease in yield will result when fertilizers are applied in proper ways , at proper times ...
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... pounds ) of phosphoric acid ( PO ) is applied at the time of seeding the wheat . A slight modification of the above is the four course rotation of maize , oats , wheat and clover , each one year . A still further modification is the ...
... pounds ) of phosphoric acid ( PO ) is applied at the time of seeding the wheat . A slight modification of the above is the four course rotation of maize , oats , wheat and clover , each one year . A still further modification is the ...
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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?