The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat IndustryO. Judd, 1908 - 369 páginas |
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... Dakota , where wheat growing was supposed to be practically impossible . The area on which they may be grown is shown on the accompanying map . ' Some Hungarian wheats have also been introduced , as well as white wheats from Australia ...
... Dakota , where wheat growing was supposed to be practically impossible . The area on which they may be grown is shown on the accompanying map . ' Some Hungarian wheats have also been introduced , as well as white wheats from Australia ...
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... Dakota river . A similar implement was also used in other parts of the United States . Another very primitive method of covering the grain was that used in ancient Egypt , where it was trampled into the loose ground by the hoofs of ...
... Dakota river . A similar implement was also used in other parts of the United States . Another very primitive method of covering the grain was that used in ancient Egypt , where it was trampled into the loose ground by the hoofs of ...
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... Dakota , binders with cut are used , and about 15 are run in one crew . Each c gang has its overseer . A wagon follows with water , twi other articles , while a gang of shockers set up the wheat as it is cut . In the United States the ...
... Dakota , binders with cut are used , and about 15 are run in one crew . Each c gang has its overseer . A wagon follows with water , twi other articles , while a gang of shockers set up the wheat as it is cut . In the United States the ...
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... Dakota 50 to 54 cents is the cost ; $ 5.72 per acre is also given for this state , not including interest on land . The running expenses averaged $ 3.77 in South Dakota from 1894 to 1900 inclusive . The total expense in Minnesota is ...
... Dakota 50 to 54 cents is the cost ; $ 5.72 per acre is also given for this state , not including interest on land . The running expenses averaged $ 3.77 in South Dakota from 1894 to 1900 inclusive . The total expense in Minnesota is ...
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... Dakota wheat was grown continuously for about eighteen years , by which time the soil had been so impoverished that a system of crop rotation and summer fallow became necessary . Generally corn and barley are sown and cut early so that ...
... Dakota wheat was grown continuously for about eighteen years , by which time the soil had been so impoverished that a system of crop rotation and summer fallow became necessary . Generally corn and barley are sown and cut early so that ...
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Página 57 - Argentine Republic. February and March — Upper Egypt. India. April — Lower Egypt, India. Syria, Cyprus, Persia, Asia Minor, Mexico, Cuba. May — 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, Portujral, south of France.
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.