The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat IndustryRoutledge, 2018 M12 14 - 386 páginas First published in 1910, this volume was the result of fifteen years of study in the American Northwest. The author contributed to the burgeoning field of industrial and economic history, providing a practical manual for the entirety of the wheat industry at the time. Whilst smaller studies had been published before, this was the first general work on the subject, covering topics including the wheat plant, cultivation, diseases, marketing and production. It was of particular interest to growers, dealers and millers and was accessible to popular readers, students, instructors and experimenters. |
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... American point of view, the subject demanded a less detailed consideration for foreign countries. The book is the result of fifteen years of personal experience in the wheat fields of our Northwest, and of a careful study of the works ...
... American point of view, the subject demanded a less detailed consideration for foreign countries. The book is the result of fifteen years of personal experience in the wheat fields of our Northwest, and of a careful study of the works ...
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... American Indian Foreign Mortar The Quern Mill Details of a Dutch Windmill Section of Large Modern Flour Mill New Buffalo Flour Mill Field of Durum Wheat American Reaper in Russian Wheat The Book of Wheat Chapter I. Wheat Grain and Plant.
... American Indian Foreign Mortar The Quern Mill Details of a Dutch Windmill Section of Large Modern Flour Mill New Buffalo Flour Mill Field of Durum Wheat American Reaper in Russian Wheat The Book of Wheat Chapter I. Wheat Grain and Plant.
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... America in which he gave as the northern boundary of wheat growing territory a line beginning south of Lake Ontario running fully half way around it, a little north of the northern boundary of the other Great Lakes, through Lake of the ...
... America in which he gave as the northern boundary of wheat growing territory a line beginning south of Lake Ontario running fully half way around it, a little north of the northern boundary of the other Great Lakes, through Lake of the ...
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... America lying outside of frigid zone climates. Importance. Quantitative.—Both in the quantity produced and in its value, wheat is the world's king of cereals. Recent statistics show, however, that 800,000,000 persons, or 54 per cent of ...
... America lying outside of frigid zone climates. Importance. Quantitative.—Both in the quantity produced and in its value, wheat is the world's king of cereals. Recent statistics show, however, that 800,000,000 persons, or 54 per cent of ...
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... 1,000 varieties of wheat collected from the different wheat countries of the world, the United States department of agriculture decided that, tested by American conditions, there were 245 leading varieties. No one variety is best under all.
... 1,000 varieties of wheat collected from the different wheat countries of the world, the United States department of agriculture decided that, tested by American conditions, there were 245 leading varieties. No one variety is best under all.
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Natural Environment | |
Cultivation | |
Harvesting | |
Yield and Cost of Production | |
Crop Rotation and Irrigation | |
Fertilizers | |
Transportation | |
Storage | |
Marketing | |
Prices | |
Milling XVI Consumption | |
Production and Movement | |
Classification of Wheat | |
Bibliography | |
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