The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat IndustryO. Judd Company, 1922 - 369 páginas |
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... The agricultural or economic section of every library should certainly contain a general reference book on wheat . The method of treating the subject demanded by these needs was one that would appeal to the popular vii.
... The agricultural or economic section of every library should certainly contain a general reference book on wheat . The method of treating the subject demanded by these needs was one that would appeal to the popular vii.
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... spike , which varies much in different varieties . There is also great variation in compact- ness . Fifteen to twenty fertile spikelets , containing from 30 to 50 grains , are usually formed on a spike 14 THE BOOK OF WHEAT.
... spike , which varies much in different varieties . There is also great variation in compact- ness . Fifteen to twenty fertile spikelets , containing from 30 to 50 grains , are usually formed on a spike 14 THE BOOK OF WHEAT.
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... containing nearly a dozen branches . There are 150 grains in one ear , and as many as 60 ears from one seed . Wheat has the advantage of extreme diminution of the number of seeds to each flower , giving richness in starch and gluten ...
... containing nearly a dozen branches . There are 150 grains in one ear , and as many as 60 ears from one seed . Wheat has the advantage of extreme diminution of the number of seeds to each flower , giving richness in starch and gluten ...
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... containing the blood of three or more races or species . Hy- bridization may be natural or artificial . Natural hybrids rare- ly occur . This is shown by growing different varieties of wheat side by side . Why varieties do not cross ...
... containing the blood of three or more races or species . Hy- bridization may be natural or artificial . Natural hybrids rare- ly occur . This is shown by growing different varieties of wheat side by side . Why varieties do not cross ...
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... contain bronze sickles . The earliest records of Egypt contain accounts of reaping by means of crudely con- structed implements similar to the modern sickle in form . 1 Hunt . Cereals in America ( 1904 ) , p . 103 . Greece , receiving ...
... contain bronze sickles . The earliest records of Egypt contain accounts of reaping by means of crudely con- structed implements similar to the modern sickle in form . 1 Hunt . Cereals in America ( 1904 ) , p . 103 . Greece , receiving ...
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