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The four counties of Kansas occupying the center of its famous wheat region
have an average elevation of about 1600 feet. The Colorado station has
developed a type of wheat adapted to the higher altitudes of the mountain
regions, those of ...
The four counties of Kansas occupying the center of its famous wheat region
have an average elevation of about 1600 feet. The Colorado station has
developed a type of wheat adapted to the higher altitudes of the mountain
regions, those of ...
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The length varies greatly in different varieties, soils and seasons, a fact which
results in greater variation in size and yield of straw than of grain. Common wheat
averages from three to five feet in height. The liability of lodging depends greatly
...
The length varies greatly in different varieties, soils and seasons, a fact which
results in greater variation in size and yield of straw than of grain. Common wheat
averages from three to five feet in height. The liability of lodging depends greatly
...
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to 50 grains, are usually formed on a spike of wheat, the average length of which
is between 3 and 4 inches. Humboldt said that in Mexico each spike of wheat
averaged 90 grains, though some had as many as 160. Mummy wheat has been
...
to 50 grains, are usually formed on a spike of wheat, the average length of which
is between 3 and 4 inches. Humboldt said that in Mexico each spike of wheat
averaged 90 grains, though some had as many as 160. Mummy wheat has been
...
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Experiments indicate that sprouted wheat will regermi- nate and form healthy
sprouts until the stem (plumule) has reached a length of %-inch in the first
germination, and an average of 80 per cent of all sprouted wheat with the length
of the ...
Experiments indicate that sprouted wheat will regermi- nate and form healthy
sprouts until the stem (plumule) has reached a length of %-inch in the first
germination, and an average of 80 per cent of all sprouted wheat with the length
of the ...
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2 The greatest wheat crop ever recorded in the world's history as being produced
from unfertilized land was that of western Canada in 1901, where 63,425,000
bushels were harvested from a little over 2,500,000 acres; an average yield of
over ...
2 The greatest wheat crop ever recorded in the world's history as being produced
from unfertilized land was that of western Canada in 1901, where 63,425,000
bushels were harvested from a little over 2,500,000 acres; an average yield of
over ...
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