The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat IndustryO. Judd, 1908 - 369 páginas |
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... supply is insufficient and the soil parsimonious , this prodigious consumption cannot be supplied , and dessication of organs takes place . This begins in the oldest leaves , and nearly always the little leaves at the base of the stem ...
... supply is insufficient and the soil parsimonious , this prodigious consumption cannot be supplied , and dessication of organs takes place . This begins in the oldest leaves , and nearly always the little leaves at the base of the stem ...
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... supply of agricultural products is not apt to fall below the home demand . Where such a large proportion of the people have an opportunity of producing at cost , home demand is not apt to raise the price greatly above the cost of produc ...
... supply of agricultural products is not apt to fall below the home demand . Where such a large proportion of the people have an opportunity of producing at cost , home demand is not apt to raise the price greatly above the cost of produc ...
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... supply arti- ficially the needed water . Irrigation was a condition that was indispensable to the settlement of large portions of western America , Australia and South Africa , In meeting these prob- lems during the nineteenth century ...
... supply arti- ficially the needed water . Irrigation was a condition that was indispensable to the settlement of large portions of western America , Australia and South Africa , In meeting these prob- lems during the nineteenth century ...
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... supply , quantity required to grow crops , losses from seepage and evaporation in distribution , character of the control over streams already vested , and measures of adminis- tration requisite for an equitable and effective division ...
... supply , quantity required to grow crops , losses from seepage and evaporation in distribution , character of the control over streams already vested , and measures of adminis- tration requisite for an equitable and effective division ...
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... supply were scarce in 1899 , and those lands were first irrigated which required least labor and capital . It has been estimated that a perpetual water right in a grain country is worth from $ 25 to $ 50 per acre . The cost of irri ...
... supply were scarce in 1899 , and those lands were first irrigated which required least labor and capital . It has been estimated that a perpetual water right in a grain country is worth from $ 25 to $ 50 per acre . The cost of irri ...
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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.