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Add to this the fact that wheat has been shipped all over the world, not only for
commercial purposes, but also for seed experiments, and it is not surprising that
the nomenclature of varieties is somewhat tangled, that several varieties are
known ...
Add to this the fact that wheat has been shipped all over the world, not only for
commercial purposes, but also for seed experiments, and it is not surprising that
the nomenclature of varieties is somewhat tangled, that several varieties are
known ...
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When wheat is shipped, especially if it is transported long distances, this may be
a matter of great commercial importance. Wheat transported from the dry
atmosphere of the inland of California to ordinary temperate regions will
invariably gain ...
When wheat is shipped, especially if it is transported long distances, this may be
a matter of great commercial importance. Wheat transported from the dry
atmosphere of the inland of California to ordinary temperate regions will
invariably gain ...
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Machines have been shipped, however, to Australia, Argentina and Spain, and
though they work fairly well, the people do not take kindly to them. They lack the
proper amount of intelligence to operate the machines with the best results, ...
Machines have been shipped, however, to Australia, Argentina and Spain, and
though they work fairly well, the people do not take kindly to them. They lack the
proper amount of intelligence to operate the machines with the best results, ...
Página 189
Transportation from Primary Market to Seaboard.—In every country the extensive
growing and shipping of wheat is closely dependent upon the existence of
adequate transportation facilities. To the lack of these the comparative
insignificance ...
Transportation from Primary Market to Seaboard.—In every country the extensive
growing and shipping of wheat is closely dependent upon the existence of
adequate transportation facilities. To the lack of these the comparative
insignificance ...
Página 191
On account of the favorable location of Chicago, the roads from this city have
been most successful in the competition. As early as 1876, 83 per cent of all the
grain shipped to the Atlantic seaboard was by rail. Much grain was and is
shipped by ...
On account of the favorable location of Chicago, the roads from this city have
been most successful in the competition. As early as 1876, 83 per cent of all the
grain shipped to the Atlantic seaboard was by rail. Much grain was and is
shipped by ...
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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
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat Industry |
| Autor | Peter Tracy Dondlinger |
| Editor | O. Judd, 1908 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 20 Nov. 2007 |
| Largo | 369 páginas |
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