The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat IndustryO. Judd, 1908 - 369 páginas |
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... raising areas . In the meantime , millions of acres fresh land produced more grain than domestic consump could utilize , and for years the very existence of the far was threatened by 40 - cent wheat and 20 - cent corn . Lack capital and ...
... raising areas . In the meantime , millions of acres fresh land produced more grain than domestic consump could utilize , and for years the very existence of the far was threatened by 40 - cent wheat and 20 - cent corn . Lack capital and ...
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... raised . 6 1-4 inches 79 10 1859 Finest ear raised . 7 3-4 inches 91 22 1860 Heads imperfect ..... 39 1861 Finest ear ... 8 3-4 inches 123 52 Thus by means of repeated selection alone , the length of the ear was doubled , the number of ...
... raised . 6 1-4 inches 79 10 1859 Finest ear raised . 7 3-4 inches 91 22 1860 Heads imperfect ..... 39 1861 Finest ear ... 8 3-4 inches 123 52 Thus by means of repeated selection alone , the length of the ear was doubled , the number of ...
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... raise the standard of eastern varieties as to gluten , and he has largely succeeded . Winter Fife and Early Red Clawson were the two most popular of his first varieties . Early Genesee Giant , another well - known va- riety which he ...
... raise the standard of eastern varieties as to gluten , and he has largely succeeded . Winter Fife and Early Red Clawson were the two most popular of his first varieties . Early Genesee Giant , another well - known va- riety which he ...
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... raised from one soil was hand picked to uniformity , and then grown upon various types of North Dakota soil in different portions of the state . The resulting grain and straw showed great variation . Similar experiments were made in ...
... raised from one soil was hand picked to uniformity , and then grown upon various types of North Dakota soil in different portions of the state . The resulting grain and straw showed great variation . Similar experiments were made in ...
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... raised on the sea coast develops special characteristics due , at least in part , to climate . In southern Russia Arnautka wheat attains its highest perfection only when grown within a limited area bordering the Azov sea . All wheat raised ...
... raised on the sea coast develops special characteristics due , at least in part , to climate . In southern Russia Arnautka wheat attains its highest perfection only when grown within a limited area bordering the Azov sea . All wheat raised ...
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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.