The Cereal in America ...O. Judd Company, 1904 - 421 páginas |
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... raised such crops as wheat , barley and some of the legumes . The tillage of unenclosed areas was known as agri- culture , while the growth of the crops in the enclosed area was 1 The word acre has the same derivation and originally ...
... raised such crops as wheat , barley and some of the legumes . The tillage of unenclosed areas was known as agri- culture , while the growth of the crops in the enclosed area was 1 The word acre has the same derivation and originally ...
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... of the area of each cereal to all the cereals raised in the United States in 1899 : 1 1 Twelfth Census . Vol . VI , p . 14 . 8 . Maize Wheat Oats Barley Rye Buckwheat Kafir corn. CLASSIFICATION AND CHOICE OF FIELD CROPS S.
... of the area of each cereal to all the cereals raised in the United States in 1899 : 1 1 Twelfth Census . Vol . VI , p . 14 . 8 . Maize Wheat Oats Barley Rye Buckwheat Kafir corn. CLASSIFICATION AND CHOICE OF FIELD CROPS S.
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... raised for their seeds are field beans , field peas , cowpeas and peanuts . The soy bean is also attracting some attention as a seed crop as well as a forage crop . New York and Michigan are the leading states for the production of ...
... raised for their seeds are field beans , field peas , cowpeas and peanuts . The soy bean is also attracting some attention as a seed crop as well as a forage crop . New York and Michigan are the leading states for the production of ...
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... raised extensively in the southern part of the United States and is an important article of diet in that section . Chicory and cassava are minor crops . 14. Sugar Plants . - The principal sugar plants are the sugar cane and the sugar ...
... raised extensively in the southern part of the United States and is an important article of diet in that section . Chicory and cassava are minor crops . 14. Sugar Plants . - The principal sugar plants are the sugar cane and the sugar ...
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... raised with commercial success . 17. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants . - Have not been culti- vated largely . The following include the more important ones : mustard , mint ( three species ) , tansy , pyrethrum ( buhach ) , wormwood ...
... raised with commercial success . 17. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants . - Have not been culti- vated largely . The following include the more important ones : mustard , mint ( three species ) , tansy , pyrethrum ( buhach ) , wormwood ...
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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?