The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat IndustryO. Judd, 1908 - 369 páginas |
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... capacity in the culture of wheat , and at times millions of dollars are expended by a single government in endeavoring to solve some problem of unusual importance . In the United States , Wash- ington in 1796 suggested the establishment ...
... capacity in the culture of wheat , and at times millions of dollars are expended by a single government in endeavoring to solve some problem of unusual importance . In the United States , Wash- ington in 1796 suggested the establishment ...
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... capacity in germination . Many farmers may not yet be able thus to procure intelligently the seed best suited to their environment , but they have a number of insti- tutions at their command whose business it is to dispense in ...
... capacity in germination . Many farmers may not yet be able thus to procure intelligently the seed best suited to their environment , but they have a number of insti- tutions at their command whose business it is to dispense in ...
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... capacity for absorbing and retain- ing water and heat , and permeability to roots . Air , which is necessary to the roots , is excluded by hard , water - soaked , baked or puddled soils , and such soils are also impermeable to roots ...
... capacity for absorbing and retain- ing water and heat , and permeability to roots . Air , which is necessary to the roots , is excluded by hard , water - soaked , baked or puddled soils , and such soils are also impermeable to roots ...
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... capacity and thorough- ness of work , in perfection of mechanical construction , and in ease of operation , there is apparently little more to be attained . The combined harvester can be used advantageously in a dry climate only , where ...
... capacity and thorough- ness of work , in perfection of mechanical construction , and in ease of operation , there is apparently little more to be attained . The combined harvester can be used advantageously in a dry climate only , where ...
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... capacity . The standard horse - power machine cuts a swath from 16 to 20 feet wide ; is drawn by 24 to 40 horses ; harvests from 25 to 45 acres of wheat per day ; and requires four men to operate it . It requires a machine man to ...
... capacity . The standard horse - power machine cuts a swath from 16 to 20 feet wide ; is drawn by 24 to 40 horses ; harvests from 25 to 45 acres of wheat per day ; and requires four men to operate it . It requires a machine man to ...
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Página 77 - 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, Portugal, south of France. July — New England, New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana, Michigan, Illinois. Iowa, Wisconsin, southern Minnesota, Nebraska, upper Canada, Roumania, Bulgaria, Austria, Hungary, south of Russia, Germany, Switzerland, south...
Página 36 - 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 77 - Columbia, Belgium, Holland, Great Britain, Denmark, Poland, Central Russia. September and October — Scotland, Sweden, Norway, North of Russia. November — Peru, South Africa.
Página 143 - Chief of the Bureau of Soils in the United States Department of Agriculture...
Página 126 - The conclusion logically follows that on the average farm the great controlling factor in the yield of crops is not the amount of plant food in the soil, but is a physical factor the exact nature of which is yet to be determined.
Página 243 - ... made under the rules of some commercial body, by which the conditions as to the unit of amount, the quality, and the time of delivery are stereotyped, and only the determination of the total amount and the price is left open to the contracting parties."* Another important class of transactions are "cash...
Página 130 - It appears, further, that practically all soils contain sufficient plant food for good crop yield, that this supply will be indefinitely maintained, and that the actual yield of plants adapted to the soil depends mainly, under favorable climatic conditions, upon the cultural methods and suitable crop rotation.
Página 125 - ... diversified in appearance and quality ; yet, as it was stated in the Introductory Lecture, they consist of different proportions of the same elements ; which are in various states of chemical combination, or mechanical mixture. The substances which constitute soils have been already mentioned. They are certain compounds of the earths, silica, lime, alumina, magnesia...
Página 137 - Barnyard manure contains all the fertilizing elements required by plants in forms that insure plentiful crops and permanent fertility to the soil. It not only enriches the soil with the nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash, which it contains, but it also renders the stored-up materials of the soil more available, improves the mechanical condition of the soil, makes it warmer, and enables it to retain more moisture or to draw it up from below.
Página 74 - We have ploughed, we have sowed, We have reaped, we have mowed We have brought home every load, Hip, hip, hip, Harvest home ! and thus, sir, the whole assembly shout