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 . - There are two sources of water for i tion : Surface waters , such as streams and lakes , and s ranean waters . The former supply over 90 per cent c irrigated land . There are three ways of obtaining underg waters : By pumping ...
... Supply . - There are two sources of water for i tion : Surface waters , such as streams and lakes , and s ranean waters . The former supply over 90 per cent c irrigated land . There are three ways of obtaining underg waters : By pumping ...
Página 115
... supply were scarce in 1899 , and those were first irrigated which required least labor and capital has been estimated that a perpetual water right in a country is worth from $ 25 to $ 50 per acre . The cost of gation from many of the ...
... supply were scarce in 1899 , and those were first irrigated which required least labor and capital has been estimated that a perpetual water right in a country is worth from $ 25 to $ 50 per acre . The cost of gation from many of the ...
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... supply is sufficient to irrigate only a small fra of the arid domain , approximately three - fourths of a b acres , several million acres are already under irrigation there is a good prospect that many more millions will be gated in the ...
... supply is sufficient to irrigate only a small fra of the arid domain , approximately three - fourths of a b acres , several million acres are already under irrigation there is a good prospect that many more millions will be gated in the ...
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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.