The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat IndustryO. Judd, 1908 - 369 páginas |
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... varies greatly in different varieties , soils and seasons , a fact which results in greater variation in size and yield of straw than of grain . Common wheat averages from three to five feet in height . The liability of lodging depends ...
... varies greatly in different varieties , soils and seasons , a fact which results in greater variation in size and yield of straw than of grain . Common wheat averages from three to five feet in height . The liability of lodging depends ...
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... varies from light yellow to black . The Spikelets . - Each consists of from ma , s , just before flowering ; two to five flowers encased within two B , the same at time of flow- ering ; C , flower before open- hard oval chaffy coverings ...
... varies from light yellow to black . The Spikelets . - Each consists of from ma , s , just before flowering ; two to five flowers encased within two B , the same at time of flow- ering ; C , flower before open- hard oval chaffy coverings ...
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... varies much with conditions . There are usually at least six , but there may be from two to several dozen in extreme cases , 52 spikes having been ob- served . As a rule , the more favorable the con- ditions for plant growth , and the ...
... varies much with conditions . There are usually at least six , but there may be from two to several dozen in extreme cases , 52 spikes having been ob- served . As a rule , the more favorable the con- ditions for plant growth , and the ...
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... varies from 7,500 to 24,000 ; from 377 determinations the average was 12,000 grains . The number in a bushel has been given as varying from 446,580 to 971,940 . The Winches- ter bushel ( 2150.42 cubic inches ) used in the United States ...
... varies from 7,500 to 24,000 ; from 377 determinations the average was 12,000 grains . The number in a bushel has been given as varying from 446,580 to 971,940 . The Winches- ter bushel ( 2150.42 cubic inches ) used in the United States ...
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... varying from less than 8 to over 13 per cent . ' ASH . - Lawes and Gilbert observed the composition of the ash of wheat grown on unmanured ground during 20 years . The average results are given in the table below . " Grain Straw Ferric ...
... varying from less than 8 to over 13 per cent . ' ASH . - Lawes and Gilbert observed the composition of the ash of wheat grown on unmanured ground during 20 years . The average results are given in the table below . " Grain Straw Ferric ...
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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