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During the last half of the nineteenth century , the center of wheat production
moved west about 680 miles and north about 99 miles . Latitudinal . — As
European peoples and their descendants are meeting the demands of increasing
...
During the last half of the nineteenth century , the center of wheat production
moved west about 680 miles and north about 99 miles . Latitudinal . — As
European peoples and their descendants are meeting the demands of increasing
...
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None was grown in the New World before the sixteenth century . Humboldt says
that a negro slave of Cortez found three or four grains of wheat in the rice which
served to maintain the Spanish army . This was apparently sown before 1530 ...
None was grown in the New World before the sixteenth century . Humboldt says
that a negro slave of Cortez found three or four grains of wheat in the rice which
served to maintain the Spanish army . This was apparently sown before 1530 ...
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... to have been in a more or less chaotic state . This is especially true of the
nomenclature of varieties . Nor is the fault to be laid particularly at the door of
science . We have seen that wheat has been continually migrating for many
centuries .
... to have been in a more or less chaotic state . This is especially true of the
nomenclature of varieties . Nor is the fault to be laid particularly at the door of
science . We have seen that wheat has been continually migrating for many
centuries .
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Varro , speaking of the granaries of the first century B . C . , remarks that the
vitality of wheat can be preserved in them for 50 vears . Daubeny questioned this
in 1857 , and stated that wheat does not retain its vitality over 40 years .
Humboldt ...
Varro , speaking of the granaries of the first century B . C . , remarks that the
vitality of wheat can be preserved in them for 50 vears . Daubeny questioned this
in 1857 , and stated that wheat does not retain its vitality over 40 years .
Humboldt ...
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Since the latter phase of wheat growing became scientific in the nineteenth
century , it has been fraught with a significance of the widest and deepest interest
. From an institutional point of view , the growers of wheat are not sufficiently ...
Since the latter phase of wheat growing became scientific in the nineteenth
century , it has been fraught with a significance of the widest and deepest interest
. From an institutional point of view , the growers of wheat are not sufficiently ...
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