The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat IndustryO. Judd, 1908 - 369 páginas |
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... means white . The French blé suggests blêmir , to grow pale . Perhaps wheat was called white , to distinguish it from rye and other dark colored grains . Triticum , the botanical and classical name , doubtless comes from tritus , which ...
... means white . The French blé suggests blêmir , to grow pale . Perhaps wheat was called white , to distinguish it from rye and other dark colored grains . Triticum , the botanical and classical name , doubtless comes from tritus , which ...
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... mean temperature required for the successful cultivation and ripening of wheat has been given as 65 ° F. for 45 to 60 days , and 55 ° F. for three or four months of the growing season . Of the wheat in the United States , according to ...
... mean temperature required for the successful cultivation and ripening of wheat has been given as 65 ° F. for 45 to 60 days , and 55 ° F. for three or four months of the growing season . Of the wheat in the United States , according to ...
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... means of repeated selection alone , the length of ear was doubled , the number of grains per head was nea trebled , and the tillering power was increased over fivefold . is only within recent years that wheat experiments of t nature ...
... means of repeated selection alone , the length of ear was doubled , the number of grains per head was nea trebled , and the tillering power was increased over fivefold . is only within recent years that wheat experiments of t nature ...
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... means for tra ing , a new horizon of comfort surmounts the skyline of farmers ' economic strength . This recent era of rural p perity augurs well for the nation's future . IMPROVEMENT . Wheat Improvement Proper consists of artificially ...
... means for tra ing , a new horizon of comfort surmounts the skyline of farmers ' economic strength . This recent era of rural p perity augurs well for the nation's future . IMPROVEMENT . Wheat Improvement Proper consists of artificially ...
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... means for the modification of form and tendency in organic life . It augments the power of varia- tion by successively selecting the most marked variations in any direction . While conscious selection is a modern process which has ...
... means for the modification of form and tendency in organic life . It augments the power of varia- tion by successively selecting the most marked variations in any direction . While conscious selection is a modern process which has ...
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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.
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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.