The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat IndustryO. Judd, 1908 - 369 páginas |
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... grower has made more progress in this respect in one century than the wheat grower has in many centuries . It should , neverthe- less , be said that the improvement in beets was partly the un- foreseen result of European legislation ...
... grower has made more progress in this respect in one century than the wheat grower has in many centuries . It should , neverthe- less , be said that the improvement in beets was partly the un- foreseen result of European legislation ...
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... grower is playing with many factors , anyone of which may cause a partial or complete crop failure . Extremes of heat and cold ; drought ; superabundance of rainfall ; destructive hail or wind storms ; floods ; parasitic plants , such ...
... grower is playing with many factors , anyone of which may cause a partial or complete crop failure . Extremes of heat and cold ; drought ; superabundance of rainfall ; destructive hail or wind storms ; floods ; parasitic plants , such ...
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... grower who sacks his thousands of bushels of wheat from over 100 acres in a single day has little conception of the amount of painful study and experimentation , and of the nu- merous inventions it has required to evolve from the ...
... grower who sacks his thousands of bushels of wheat from over 100 acres in a single day has little conception of the amount of painful study and experimentation , and of the nu- merous inventions it has required to evolve from the ...
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... growers cut with binders until the grain is ripe , and then use the header . It cuts from 12 to 20 feet in width , and from 15 to 50 acres a day . In Washington three headers and one threshing machine usually work together . From 50 to ...
... growers cut with binders until the grain is ripe , and then use the header . It cuts from 12 to 20 feet in width , and from 15 to 50 acres a day . In Washington three headers and one threshing machine usually work together . From 50 to ...
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... growers of the United States claimed that the wheat would sweat in the bin if this process had not taken place in the stack before threshing . When it is dried by seasonable cutting and threshing , however , it is very questionable if ...
... growers of the United States claimed that the wheat would sweat in the bin if this process had not taken place in the stack before threshing . When it is dried by seasonable cutting and threshing , however , it is very questionable if ...
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