The Small GrainsMacmillan, 1916 - 699 pages |
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Page 541 - No. 1 STRAIGHT RYE STRAW. — Shall be in large bales, clean, bright, long rye straw, pressed in bundles, sound and well baled. No. 2 STRAIGHT RYE STRAW.
Page 541 - WHEAT STRAW. — Shall be reasonably clean; may be some stained, but not good enough for No. 1. No. 1 OAT STRAW. — Shall be reasonably clean oat straw, sound and well baled. No. 2 OAT STRAW. — Shall be reasonably clean; may be some stained, but not good enough for No. 1.
Page 541 - Straight rye straw. — Shall be in large bales, clean, bright, long rye straw, pressed in bundles, sound, and well baled. No. 2. Straight rye straw. — Shall be in large bales, long rye straw, pressed in bundles, sound, and well baled, not good enough for No.
Page 161 - These were preserved, and although sown the next year under unfavorable circumstances, being quite late and in a shady place, it proved at harvest to be entirely free from rust, when all wheat in the neighborhood was badly rusted. The produce of this was carefully preserved and from it sprung the variety of wheat known over Canada and the Northern States by the different names of Fife, Scotch, and Glasgow.
Page 248 - ... exert a force 1 ,000 times that of gravity upon the soil moisture. Each soil then rapidly loses water until the capillary forces are increased sufficiently to establish equilibrium with the centrifugal force employed. The moisture content of each soil is now not only in equilibrium with a force 1,000 times that of gravity, but is also in capillary equilibrium with every other soil which has been similarly treated, so that if the soils are placed in capillary contact in any combination whatever,...
Page 277 - ... are restricted in southward distribution by the mean temperature of a brief period covering the hottest part of the year.
Page 236 - ... d. It tends to secure the proper maintenance of the conditions of nitrification, whereby the inert nitrogen of the soil is rendered available.
Page 654 - Studies on the Relation of the Non-available Water of the Soil to the Hygroscopic Coefficient; Nebr.
Page 32 - Syria, as the climate is very similar, but to the east and west of western Asia wheat has probably never existed but as a cultivated plant, anterior, it is true, to all known civilization.
Page vii - ... the four principal cereals are treated separately and from the individual plant standpoint, as to their origin, characters, classification, varieties, selection, and hybridization. Thereafter these cereals are treated together in respect to the further subjects of soil and climatic relations, acclimatization, cultivation, irrigation, weeds, insect and fungus pests, and uses.