The Cereal in America ...O. Judd Company, 1904 - 421 páginas |
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... that will conform with the season of crop growth and meet the exigencies of the weather . Practi- cums should be supplied that will as far as possible remedy this defect . Neither the substance nor the form of the vi PREFACE.
... that will conform with the season of crop growth and meet the exigencies of the weather . Practi- cums should be supplied that will as far as possible remedy this defect . Neither the substance nor the form of the vi PREFACE.
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... season on efficiency of fertilizers , p . 214 . Use of Lime Indication of need of lime , p . 215 ; Application of lime , p . 216 . Irrigation · 215 • 217 CHAPTER XIII . - MAIZE . CULTURAL METHODS . PAGE CONTENTS xvii.
... season on efficiency of fertilizers , p . 214 . Use of Lime Indication of need of lime , p . 215 ; Application of lime , p . 216 . Irrigation · 215 • 217 CHAPTER XIII . - MAIZE . CULTURAL METHODS . PAGE CONTENTS xvii.
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... seasons . The variation in length of stem and yield of straw is greater than in size or yield 1 Agricultural Botany . M. C. Potter . p . 170 . 2 Ibid . 3 Minn . Bul . 62 ( 1899 ) , p . 405 . of grain . It would not appear that there is ...
... seasons . The variation in length of stem and yield of straw is greater than in size or yield 1 Agricultural Botany . M. C. Potter . p . 170 . 2 Ibid . 3 Minn . Bul . 62 ( 1899 ) , p . 405 . of grain . It would not appear that there is ...
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... season would increase in a similar manner upon exposure . Experiments by Hilgard and O'Neil , of the University of California , indicated that wheat of the inland of California might increase twenty - five per cent in weight by the ...
... season would increase in a similar manner upon exposure . Experiments by Hilgard and O'Neil , of the University of California , indicated that wheat of the inland of California might increase twenty - five per cent in weight by the ...
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... the ash constituents of normally ripened seeds of wheat are remarkably uniform , but vary some 1 Jour . Am . Chem . Soc . Vol . XLV ( 1888 ) , p . 100 . what with the season , as does the nitrogen , COMPOSITION OF WHEAT 39.
... the ash constituents of normally ripened seeds of wheat are remarkably uniform , but vary some 1 Jour . Am . Chem . Soc . Vol . XLV ( 1888 ) , p . 100 . what with the season , as does the nitrogen , COMPOSITION OF WHEAT 39.
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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?