The Cereal in America ...O. Judd Company, 1904 - 421 páginas |
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... produced from the cane . The area over which sugar cane can be raised is not believed to be large , while the area over which beets can be successfully grown for the production of sugar is believed to be much more consid- erable . It ...
... produced from the cane . The area over which sugar cane can be raised is not believed to be large , while the area over which beets can be successfully grown for the production of sugar is believed to be much more consid- erable . It ...
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... producing and disposing of his one crop than if he looked after several . He has a better opportunity of making a good reputation and of getting some- what higher prices . He may be able to produce more cheaply by better use of ...
... producing and disposing of his one crop than if he looked after several . He has a better opportunity of making a good reputation and of getting some- what higher prices . He may be able to produce more cheaply by better use of ...
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... produced , differing in marked degrees from those formerly cultivated . Farmers generally do not actively interest ... produce because of the force of inheritance only one grain of maize more on each ear than at present , it would be ...
... produced , differing in marked degrees from those formerly cultivated . Farmers generally do not actively interest ... produce because of the force of inheritance only one grain of maize more on each ear than at present , it would be ...
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... produced which will perform their appointed work better , quicker and with the utmost precision . " 1 31. A Maize Breeding Farm . - A company in Illinois has a tract of 27,000 acres upon which they propose , if possible , so to breed ...
... produced which will perform their appointed work better , quicker and with the utmost precision . " 1 31. A Maize Breeding Farm . - A company in Illinois has a tract of 27,000 acres upon which they propose , if possible , so to breed ...
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... produce these specific forms . 37. Examples of Definite Improvement . - The sugar beet is an illustration of systematic breeding to bring about a definite improvement . In less than a hundred years of systematic selection of individuals ...
... produce these specific forms . 37. Examples of Definite Improvement . - The sugar beet is an illustration of systematic breeding to bring about a definite improvement . In less than a hundred years of systematic selection of individuals ...
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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?