The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat IndustryO. Judd, 1908 - 369 páginas |
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... machinery , harvesting was the most burdensome and exacting operation on the farm . It could not be delayed . The completion of the harvest gave relief from this season of toil and anxiety , and replenished bountifully the stores of ...
... machinery , harvesting was the most burdensome and exacting operation on the farm . It could not be delayed . The completion of the harvest gave relief from this season of toil and anxiety , and replenished bountifully the stores of ...
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... Machinery for Harvesting . - The development of agricultural machinery is a very important factor in the world's economic progress . Growth in this direction has been very marked in recent years , and in no class of agricultural ...
... Machinery for Harvesting . - The development of agricultural machinery is a very important factor in the world's economic progress . Growth in this direction has been very marked in recent years , and in no class of agricultural ...
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... and bound it . HARVESTING MACHINERY The Header . All reaping devices thus far considered have aimed at mechanical advantages alone . All of those subse- -- machine mentioned in history . It was used by 80 THE BOOK OF WHEAT.
... and bound it . HARVESTING MACHINERY The Header . All reaping devices thus far considered have aimed at mechanical advantages alone . All of those subse- -- machine mentioned in history . It was used by 80 THE BOOK OF WHEAT.
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... machinery placed the power in front of chine . This involves either a side cut or driving th through the grain . On account of the great width of c header the side cut would give great side draft , and as nothing to counterbalance this ...
... machinery placed the power in front of chine . This involves either a side cut or driving th through the grain . On account of the great width of c header the side cut would give great side draft , and as nothing to counterbalance this ...
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... machinery . The first patent on a reaping machine was granted in land to Joseph Boyce in 1799. Its only title to fame is pr A year later an unsuccessful attempt was made to adopt as a cutting apparatus . This machine was unique in ...
... machinery . The first patent on a reaping machine was granted in land to Joseph Boyce in 1799. Its only title to fame is pr A year later an unsuccessful attempt was made to adopt as a cutting apparatus . This machine was unique in ...
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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 315 - 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 17 - 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 315 - 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 315 - 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 315 - 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 115 - Chief of the Bureau of Soils in the United States Department of Agriculture...
Página 315 - 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 315 - 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.