The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat IndustryO. Judd, 1908 - 369 páginas |
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... Hybrid 42 Durum Wheat Districts 48 Wheat Plants from Good and Poor Seed 52 Combined Steam Plow, Harrow and Seeder 60 Typical Farm Wheat Drill 64 A Modern Press and Disc Drill 67 Typical Force Feed Broadcast Seeder 68 Forms of Early ...
... Hybrid 42 Durum Wheat Districts 48 Wheat Plants from Good and Poor Seed 52 Combined Steam Plow, Harrow and Seeder 60 Typical Farm Wheat Drill 64 A Modern Press and Disc Drill 67 Typical Force Feed Broadcast Seeder 68 Forms of Early ...
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... Hybrid . 42 Durum Wheat Districts . 48 Wheat Plants from Good and Poor Seed . 52 Combined Steam Plow , Harrow and Seeder . Typical Farm Wheat Drill . . . 60 64 A Modern Press and Disc Drill . Typical Force Feed Broadcast Seeder . Forms ...
... Hybrid . 42 Durum Wheat Districts . 48 Wheat Plants from Good and Poor Seed . 52 Combined Steam Plow , Harrow and Seeder . Typical Farm Wheat Drill . . . 60 64 A Modern Press and Disc Drill . Typical Force Feed Broadcast Seeder . Forms ...
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... hybrid than of parents . Yield of hybrid shown by x line . ( After Hays . ) utilized by Lyon . His selections were for quality rather than quantity . He experimented with the smallest and lightest ker- nels on account of their high ...
... hybrid than of parents . Yield of hybrid shown by x line . ( After Hays . ) utilized by Lyon . His selections were for quality rather than quantity . He experimented with the smallest and lightest ker- nels on account of their high ...
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... hybrid with another race or hybrid , resulting in a hybrid containing the blood of three or more races or species . Hy- bridization may be natural or artificial . Natural hybrids rare- ly occur . This is shown by growing different ...
... hybrid with another race or hybrid , resulting in a hybrid containing the blood of three or more races or species . Hy- bridization may be natural or artificial . Natural hybrids rare- ly occur . This is shown by growing different ...
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... hybrid produced partakes of the characters of both parents . Saunders found that the crossbred kernel closely ... hybrids produced . The operation of cross - fertilization is by far the easiest part of the process for attaining results ...
... hybrid produced partakes of the characters of both parents . Saunders found that the crossbred kernel closely ... hybrids produced . The operation of cross - fertilization is by far the easiest part of the process for attaining results ...
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