The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat IndustryO. Judd, 1908 - 369 páginas |
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... Canada ; and by Mr. W. M. Hays , Assistant Secretary of Agriculture of the United States . One of the most important f the several institutions which are now expending considerable financial resources in economic and industrial research ...
... Canada ; and by Mr. W. M. Hays , Assistant Secretary of Agriculture of the United States . One of the most important f the several institutions which are now expending considerable financial resources in economic and industrial research ...
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... Canada or Siberia north of the 55th parallel . This widespread notion that wheat could not be raised in the far north was gradually dissipated as wheat crept closer and closer to the Arctic circle . Wheat has fre- quently been matured ...
... Canada or Siberia north of the 55th parallel . This widespread notion that wheat could not be raised in the far north was gradually dissipated as wheat crept closer and closer to the Arctic circle . Wheat has fre- quently been matured ...
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... Canada border , 58 degrees north latitude , enough wheat , barley and oats have been grown to bring about the erection of a 100- barrel roller mill at Vermilion , on the Peace river . Spring wheat of the Romanow variety matured at the ...
... Canada border , 58 degrees north latitude , enough wheat , barley and oats have been grown to bring about the erection of a 100- barrel roller mill at Vermilion , on the Peace river . Spring wheat of the Romanow variety matured at the ...
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... Canada , at least by the close of the eighteenth century , for in 1827 Canada raised over twenty million bushels . The first wheat success- fully grown and harvested in the Red river valley was in 1820 . Victoria wheat , which had been ...
... Canada , at least by the close of the eighteenth century , for in 1827 Canada raised over twenty million bushels . The first wheat success- fully grown and harvested in the Red river valley was in 1820 . Victoria wheat , which had been ...
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... Canada , Manitoba raises spring wheat exclusively , but On- tario and Alberta raise some of the winter variety . In Ger- many , over 90 per cent of the wheat grown is of the winter variety , which is largely grown over southern Europe ...
... Canada , Manitoba raises spring wheat exclusively , but On- tario and Alberta raise some of the winter variety . In Ger- many , over 90 per cent of the wheat grown is of the winter variety , which is largely grown over southern Europe ...
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Página 57 - Argentine Republic. February and March — Upper Egypt. India. April — Lower Egypt, India. Syria, Cyprus, Persia, Asia Minor, Mexico, Cuba. May — Texas. Algeria. Central Asia, China, Japan. Morocco. June — California, Oregon. Mississippi, Alabama. Georgia. North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas, Arkansas. Utah, Colorado, Missouri. Turkey, Greece. Italy. Spain, Portujral, south of France.
Página 352 - Agronomy, Cornell University. If you raise five acres of any kind of grain you cannot afford to be without this book. It is in every way the best book on the subject that has ever been written. It treats of the cultivation and improvement of every grain crop raised in America in a thoroughly practical and accurate manner.
Página 19 - This preservation of favourable individual differences and variations, and the destruction of those which are injurious, I have called Natural Selection, or the Survival of the Fittest.
Página 352 - The Cereals in America," by the same author, it treats of the cultivation and improvement of every one of the forage and fiber crops. With this book in hand, you have the latest and most up-to-date information available.
Página 352 - FD COBURN'S little book on Alfalfa a few years ago has been a profit revelation to thousands of farmers throughout the country, and the increasing demand for still more information on the subject has induced the author to prepare the present volume, which is by far the most authoritative, complete and valuable work on this forage crop published anywhere. It is printed on fine p;iper and illustrated with many full-page photographs that were taken with the especial view of their relation to the text....
Página 352 - By THOMAS F. HUNT, MS, D.Agri., Professor of Agronomy, Cornell University. If you raise five acres of any kind of grain you cannot afford to be without this book. It is in every way the best book on the subject that has ever been written. It treats of the cultivation and improvement of every grain crop raised in America in a thoroughly practical and accurate manner. The subject-matter includes a comprehensive and succinct treatise of wheat, maize, oats, barley, rye, rice, sorghum (kafir corn) and...
Página 57 - Columbia, Belgium, Holland, Great Britain, Denmark, Poland, Central Russia. September and October — Scotland, Sweden, Norway, North of Russia. November — Peru, South Africa.
Página 123 - Chief of the Bureau of Soils in the United States Department of Agriculture...
Página 351 - A complete, practical work giving descriptions of the more important insects attacking vegetables of all kinds with simple and inexpensive remedies to check and destroy them, together with timely suggestions to prevent their recurrence. A ready reference book for truckers, marketgardeners, farmers as well as others who grow vegetables in...
Página 351 - As a rule, a book of this sort is dry and uninteresting, but in this case it reads like a novel. The author has put into it his individuality. The story of the properties of the soils, their improvement and management, as well as a discussion of the problems of crop growing and crop feeding, make this book equally valuable to the farmer, student and teacher. There are many illustrations of a practical character, each one suggesting some fundamental principle in soil management. 303 pages.