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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... bushels. The first wheat successfully grown and harvested in the Red river valley was in 1820. Victoria wheat, which had been acclimated by growing 200 years in the tropics, was successfully grown in experiments on Jamaica and the ...
... bushels. The first wheat successfully grown and harvested in the Red river valley was in 1820. Victoria wheat, which had been acclimated by growing 200 years in the tropics, was successfully grown in experiments on Jamaica and the ...
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... bushels. Qualitative.—Taking the civilized world as a whole, wheat forms the principal food of man. It is much more widely distributed than either its commercial rival, corn, or its rival food cereal, rice. It is a prime necessity of ...
... bushels. Qualitative.—Taking the civilized world as a whole, wheat forms the principal food of man. It is much more widely distributed than either its commercial rival, corn, or its rival food cereal, rice. It is a prime necessity of ...
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... bushels the subsequent year. The 45 bushels produced 537 bushels in another year, enough seed from one spike in four years to sow about 500 acres.1 In ten years, one grain of North Dakota wheat, now known as Minnesota 163, without any ...
... bushels the subsequent year. The 45 bushels produced 537 bushels in another year, enough seed from one spike in four years to sow about 500 acres.1 In ten years, one grain of North Dakota wheat, now known as Minnesota 163, without any ...
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... bushel, a large percentage of starch, and a low ash and nitrogen content. The following table gives the results of the observations of Lawes and Gilbert at Rothamsted.2 Composition as Affected by Light.—Light is essential for the ...
... bushel, a large percentage of starch, and a low ash and nitrogen content. The following table gives the results of the observations of Lawes and Gilbert at Rothamsted.2 Composition as Affected by Light.—Light is essential for the ...
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... bushels per acre over old varieties under the same conditions, giving to the farmer a pure gain of millions of bushels. Agricultural Institutions of Learning.—The American agricultural colleges were organized under the land grant act ...
... bushels per acre over old varieties under the same conditions, giving to the farmer a pure gain of millions of bushels. Agricultural Institutions of Learning.—The American agricultural colleges were organized under the land grant act ...
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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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