The Book of Wheat: An Economic History and Practical Manual of the Wheat IndustryO. Judd, 1908 - 369 páginas |
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... yield , even though there are fewer stools . Pliny is said to have declared that it was not uncommon in northern Africa and in Italy to find from 200 to 400 stalks of wheat growing from a single kernel . Humboldt put on record that in ...
... yield , even though there are fewer stools . Pliny is said to have declared that it was not uncommon in northern Africa and in Italy to find from 200 to 400 stalks of wheat growing from a single kernel . Humboldt put on record that in ...
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... yield , and in partic- ular prevents the formation of starch . There is a real , though small , loss in wheat from the period when it is " ripe " to the time when it is dead ripe , and it is claimed that this loss does not result from ...
... yield , and in partic- ular prevents the formation of starch . There is a real , though small , loss in wheat from the period when it is " ripe " to the time when it is dead ripe , and it is claimed that this loss does not result from ...
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... yield was made the subject of a careful measurement and reported to the Agricultural Department , where it stands today as the largest yield for a thousand - acre field ever reported . " 2 The greatest wheat crop ever recorded in the ...
... yield was made the subject of a careful measurement and reported to the Agricultural Department , where it stands today as the largest yield for a thousand - acre field ever reported . " 2 The greatest wheat crop ever recorded in the ...
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... yield better flour . Gluten generally forms from 12 to 14 per cent of the wheat grain . Dough washed with water will retain only the crude gluten . A short growing period or a season unfavorable to full maturity of the grain increases ...
... yield better flour . Gluten generally forms from 12 to 14 per cent of the wheat grain . Dough washed with water will retain only the crude gluten . A short growing period or a season unfavorable to full maturity of the grain increases ...
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... yield of first quality flour weight of the kernel and the weight per the grade of the wheat . Historically there has been little change i position of wheat . It seems likely that th Egypt did not differ more in composition of the same ...
... yield of first quality flour weight of the kernel and the weight per the grade of the wheat . Historically there has been little change i position of wheat . It seems likely that th Egypt did not differ more in composition of the same ...
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