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Fertilizers 124 IX. Diseases 148 X. Insect Enemies 170 A- XI. Transportation 188
" *XII. Storage 201 KXIII. Marketing 214 KXIV. Prices 234 • XV. Milling 262 XVI.
Consumption 283 A XVII. Production and Movement 303 Classification of Wheat
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Fertilizers 124 IX. Diseases 148 X. Insect Enemies 170 A- XI. Transportation 188
" *XII. Storage 201 KXIII. Marketing 214 KXIV. Prices 234 • XV. Milling 262 XVI.
Consumption 283 A XVII. Production and Movement 303 Classification of Wheat
...
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Composition Influenced by Seasons and Fertilizers. — A favorable season
seems to give a high weight per bushel, a large percentage of starch, and a low
ash and nitrogen content. The following table gives the results of the
observations of ...
Composition Influenced by Seasons and Fertilizers. — A favorable season
seems to give a high weight per bushel, a large percentage of starch, and a low
ash and nitrogen content. The following table gives the results of the
observations of ...
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Rotation of crops, especially when grass is introduced, will soon return the soil to
its proper physical condition and prevent blowing. There is little profit in using
commercial fertilizers unless rotation of crops is practiced. Comparative Utility of ...
Rotation of crops, especially when grass is introduced, will soon return the soil to
its proper physical condition and prevent blowing. There is little profit in using
commercial fertilizers unless rotation of crops is practiced. Comparative Utility of ...
Página 123
... home, a pleasant contrast to the monotony of the gray and dusty summer
plains with their shimmering waves of heat. ' CHAPTER VIII. FERTILIZERS
Fertilizing consists in the physical application to CROP ROTATION AND
IRRIGATION 123.
... home, a pleasant contrast to the monotony of the gray and dusty summer
plains with their shimmering waves of heat. ' CHAPTER VIII. FERTILIZERS
Fertilizing consists in the physical application to CROP ROTATION AND
IRRIGATION 123.
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FERTILIZERS Fertilizing consists in the physical application to the soil of
elements which are immediately or mediately available for plant food, or which
aid in changing from unavailable to available forms of plant food any elements
already ...
FERTILIZERS Fertilizing consists in the physical application to the soil of
elements which are immediately or mediately available for plant food, or which
aid in changing from unavailable to available forms of plant food any elements
already ...
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Página 77 - 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 374 - 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 36 - 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 374 - 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 374 - 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 374 - 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 77 - Columbia, Belgium, Holland, Great Britain, Denmark, Poland, Central Russia. September and October — Scotland, Sweden, Norway, North of Russia. November — Peru, South Africa.
Página 143 - Chief of the Bureau of Soils in the United States Department of Agriculture...
Página 373 - 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 373 - 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.
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| Título | The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat Industry |
| Autor | Peter Tracy Dondlinger |
| Editor | Orange Judd, 1908 |
| Largo | 369 páginas |
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