The Cereal in America ...O. Judd Company, 1904 - 421 páginas |
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... Usually , however , it is unwise to attempt the growth of any crop which experience has shown to be illy adapted to the climate and soil of a given region : at least as a leading crop . 23 . The Profitableness of a Given Crop ...
... Usually , however , it is unwise to attempt the growth of any crop which experience has shown to be illy adapted to the climate and soil of a given region : at least as a leading crop . 23 . The Profitableness of a Given Crop ...
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... usually made from the seeds . The seed is an embryo , not a mature indi- vidual . The characteristics of the mature chicken cannot be fully foretold by looking at the egg . The seed must be grown and the plant observed through youth ...
... usually made from the seeds . The seed is an embryo , not a mature indi- vidual . The characteristics of the mature chicken cannot be fully foretold by looking at the egg . The seed must be grown and the plant observed through youth ...
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... usually about an inch from the. Cross section of a grain of wheat through embryo showing tips of three rootlets before germination . ( From microphoto- graph by Rowlee . ) A wheat leaf , showing 1 , blade , 2. STRUCTURE Relationships ...
... usually about an inch from the. Cross section of a grain of wheat through embryo showing tips of three rootlets before germination . ( From microphoto- graph by Rowlee . ) A wheat leaf , showing 1 , blade , 2. STRUCTURE Relationships ...
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... usually hollow culms , but in some varieties this space is more or less filled with pith . The greatest variation is found in the upper internode , which should be examined in de- scribing a variety . The walls of the culm also vary in ...
... usually hollow culms , but in some varieties this space is more or less filled with pith . The greatest variation is found in the upper internode , which should be examined in de- scribing a variety . The walls of the culm also vary in ...
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... in each spikelet , which usually matures two or three grains , -more commonly two . The outer glumes differ from those in rye by being oval rather than awl- shaped . They vary considerably with variety and thereby fur STRUCTURE OF WHEAT 31.
... in each spikelet , which usually matures two or three grains , -more commonly two . The outer glumes differ from those in rye by being oval rather than awl- shaped . They vary considerably with variety and thereby fur STRUCTURE OF WHEAT 31.
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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?