Alfalfa Or Lucerne
Alfalfa Or Lucerne. Medicago Saliva, Linn. Leguminam. Figs. 271-282. By J. M. Westgate. A Deep-rooted, Long-lived, Perennial Forage Plant. Stems 1 To 4 Feet High, Numerous From A Crown ; 'naves Numerous, Pinnate ; Leaflets 3, Obovate-oblong, Prominently Toothed Near Apex ; Flowers Purple, Rarely White, Clover-shaped, In Oblong, Compact ...
Alfilaria
Alfilaria. Erodium Eicularium, L'her. Gera Niacee. Filaree ; Heron's-bill ; Pin-grass And Pin Clover (whence The Name Alfilaria, From Span Ish For Pin, In Allusion To The Pin-like Carpels Or "seeds"); Name Spelled Also Alfileria And Alfilerilla. By The Spanish, It Is Called Alfilerilla, The Double "i" Being Pronounced As ...
American Ginseng
Ginseng, American. Panax Quinquefoliyin, Linn. Araliaccw. Figs. 506-510. Ginseng Is A Small Perennial Herb, The Thickened Roots Of Which Are Used Medicinally By The Chinese And Koreans. Although Long Known In China, The Plant Was First Described And Named Botanically From North American Specimens By In 1753, As Panax Quinquefolium. ...
Barley
Barley. Hordeum Satirum, Jessen. Gramines. An Annual Cereal Grain, Supposed To Be Native Of Western Asia, And Cultivated From The Earliest Times. It Is Grown For The Grain And Herbage, The Grain Being Used As Food For Live-stock, But Chiefly In The Making Of Malt For Beer. Flowers Perfect, The ...
Beggarweed
Beggarweed. Desmodium Tortuosum, D. C. Leguminoscc. (the Name Illeibomia Is Now Often Substituted For Desmodium.) Giant Beggarweed, Florida Clover. Figs. 305, 306, 307. By H. Harold Hume. A Strong, Upright, Branched Annual, Grown Far South For Hay, Forage And Cover-crop, Reaching A Height Of Six To Eight Feet, With Broad, ...
Berseem
Berseem. Trifolium Alexandrinum, Linn. Legu Minosce. Known Also As Egyptian Clover. Fig. 308. An Annual, Clover-like Forage Plant Recently In Troduced From Egypt And Now Being Grown Experi Mentally In The United States, Especially In The Irrigated Southwest. Its Particular Recommendations Are Rapid Growth, Adapta Bility To Alkali Lands And ...
Brewing
Brewing By The Term Brewing Is Generally Comprehended The Processes By Which Ale Or Beer Is Prepared From Its Raw Materials. These Processes Are Somewhat Diversified In Character, And As A Result The Brew Ing Industry Is One Of Exceptional Interest To The Biologist And Chemist. Bristly, We May Define ...
Broad Bean
Bean, Broad, Vida Faba, Linn. (faba Vul Garis, Moench.) Leguminosm (windsor, Horse, English Dwarf Or Scotch Bean). Figs. 303, 304. By John Fitter. The Broad Bean Is Grown For Its Grain Or Seed, Which Is Used As Food For Man And For Live-stock, And Also For Its Herbage, Which Is ...
Buckwheat
Buckwheat. Fagopyrum Esculentum, Mcench And F. Tataricum, Gmrtn. Polygonacex. Figs. 310-314. By J. L. Stone. The True Or Common Buckwheat Is Of One Species, Fagopyrum Esculentum, Figs. 310, 311 (f. Emargi Natum Is A Variant Form Characterized By A Notched Akene), But The India-wheat (f. Tataricum), Fig. 313, Is Sometimes ...
Cabbage For Stock Feeding
Cabbage For Stock - Feeding. Brassica Oleracea, Linn. Cruciferce. Figs. 315-317. Cabbage Is A Name At Present Applied To A Large Group Of Plants. The Wild Cabbage (brassica Olera Cea, Var. Sylvestris) Is Looked On As The Prototype Of These Species. It Occurs Wild In Europe, On The Coast Of ...
Cacti As Forage
Cacti As Forage. Figs. 321, 322. Stock In The Southern Part Of The Range Country Feed More Or Less On Prickly Pear, And Under Pres Sure Of Hard Circumstances Will Forage On Many Kinds Of Cacti. Fat Cattle Often Eat The Fruits Of Certain Cacti, Apparently From Preference. Inas Much ...
Canning Industry In California
Canning Industry In California Owing To The Wide Variation In Soil And Climate, There Is Great Divergence In The Canning Products And The Canning Industry In The States Of The Pacific Coast And Rocky Mountains. California. Having A Climate Favoring The Widest Range Of Products And A Location Best Suited ...
Cassava
Cassava. Manihot Utilissima, Pohl. (jatropha Manihot, Linn. Janipha 4lanihot, H. B. K.). Euphorbiaceee. Cassava (u. S.), Manioc, Mandioca, Aypi, Yuca, And Others (s. Amer. ), Tunglu-bok, Simul-alu, Tan-u, And Others (india). Figs. 323, 324. A Shrubby Plant, Perennial In The Tropics But Annual In Temperate Regions, Cultivated For Its Fleshy ...
Castor Bean
Castor-bean. 1?ieinus Contruunis, Linn. Eupbo• Liacece. Figs. 325-330. Castor-oil Is Derived From The Seeds Or Beans Of Ricinus, A Coarse Perennial Plant (treated As Annual In Temperate Climates), Bear Ing Large Alternate Palmately Lobed Leaves, Flowers In Large Terminal Clusters, And Vari Colored Seeds In Prickly Three Membered Pods Or ...
Chemical Weed Killers Or Herbicides
Chemical Weed-killers Or Herbicides The Use Of Chemicals As Herbicides Offers No Spe Cific Cure- All Against Weeds. Cultivation, Short Rotations, Watchfulness Against The Introduction And Scattering Of Weed Seeds, Are All Of More Fun Damental Importance Than Chemicals In Combating Weeds. There Are, However, Various Cases In Which Chemicals ...
Chicory Root
Chicory Root. Ciehorium Intybus, Linn. Com Posite. Figs. 331, 332. The Cultivated Chicory Or Succory Has An Enlarged Taproot Resembling, In Some Varieties, The Root Of The Parsnip, And In Others, That Of The Forage Beet, But It Does Not Attain The Size Of The Latter. The Taproots Range From ...
Cider And Vinegar Wine
Wine, Cider And Vinegar These Beverages Are Prepared From The Sugar Containing Juices Of Fruits By Means Of The Alco Holic Fermentation Produced By Microorganisms Known As Yeasts. The Fermented Juice Of Grapes Is Known As "wine," While That Produced From Apples Is "cider." Technically, They Are Very Similar. Fermented ...
Clover
Clover. Figs. 333-343. The Word Clover Is Popularly Used To Designate Herbaceous Forage Plants Of Several Genera Of The Family Leguminosze, But By Botanists It Is Re Stricted To Species Of The Genus Trifolium. In This Article, The Clovers Are Considered To Be Trifo Hums. The Florida Clover Will Be ...
Coffee And Coffee Growing
Coffee And Coffee-growing, With Special Reference To Porto Rico And Hawaii (co(rea Ara Bica, Linn., And C. Liberica, Hiern). Rubiacecc. Figs. 344-353. By J. Iv. Van Lcenhoff Coffee-growing Is Essentially A Tropical Industry. It Is Of Vast Proportions. The Annual Production In The World Exceeds 1,500,000,000 Pounds. Within Recent Years ...
Condimental And Aro Matic
Medicinal, Condimental And Aro Matic Plants. Figs. 680 691. The Growing Of Medicinal, Condimental And Aro Matic Plants In The United States Has At Present Hardly Passed Beyond The Experimental Or Garden Stage, The Demand For Articles Of These Classes Be Ing In General Met Where Possible By Importation. Nearly ...
Cotton
Cotton. Gossypium. Malvacece. Figs. 354-367. The Cotton Of Commerce Is The Hair Or Fiber On Seeds Of Plants Belonging To The Genus Gossypium, A Mem Ber Of The Mallow Family. This Genus Is Distinguished From The Other Genera Of The Family By The Presence Of Three To Five Bracts Surrounding ...
Cover Crops
Cover-crops. Figs. 368-370. The Term "cover-crop," Which, Until 1893, Was Not Distinguished From "catch-crop," Or From "green Manure Crop," Is Now Applied To A Crop Grown To Prevent Injury And Losses To Soils, And Either Directly Or Indirectly To Improve Them, And Often To Afford Protection To Trees Or Other ...
Cowpea
Cowpea. Vigna Unguiculata, Walp. Leguntinosce. Figs. 370, 371. A Summer-growing Annual More Closely Related To The Bean Than To The Pea, Grown For Forage, For Green-manuring And Cover-cropping, And Sometimes For Human Food. The Habit Of The Plant Varies Greatly, Some Varieties Being Erect Or Bush-like And Others Distinctly Trailing. ...
Crop Management
Crop Management The Rotation Of Crops. Crop Management Is A Scheme, Not A Lot Of Practices. An Important Part Of It Is The Rotating Or Alternating Of Crops On Given Areas. This Phase Of The Subject May Now Be Given A General Treatment, Inasmuch As It Is Not Fully Treated ...
As A Field Crop
Pea, As A Field Crop. Pisum Sativum, Var. Arrcnsc, Poir. Leguminoste. Figs. 732-734. The Pea Is Grown As A Field Crop For The Produc Tion Of Grain For Stock-feeding 'and For The Manu Facture Of "split Peas" For Culinary Use, For Canning In The Factories, For Forage And Green-manuring And ...