Means Of Controlling Insects
Means Of Controlling Insects Careful Estimates Indicate That The Value Of Farm Products Now Destroyed Each Year By Insects In The United States Aggregates The Vast Sum Of $700,000,000, Or More Than The Entire Expenditures Of The National Government. Thus, One Of The Most Serious Problems That Confront The American ...
Medic
Medic. Me Lieu Go Species. Leguminosm. Figs. 67e\ 679. The One Great Medic Is Alfalfa. This Plant, Once Thowtht To Be Adapted Only To Semi-arid Regions, Is Now Grown Extensively In Many Parts Of The Humid East, Where It Is Specially Valuable To Dairymen. In Recent Years. Eastern Dairymen Have ...
Melilotiis
Melilotiis (melilotus Alba.) Lcguminosie. (sweet, Bokhara, Stone And Large White Clover, And White Melilot.) Fig. 692. Melilotus Is A Genus Of Leguminous Plants, Usually Biennial, Occurring Commonly As Weeds. One Form, Mclilotus Alba, Is Of Value As A Green-manure, Forage And Bee Plant. Plants Of The Genus Melilotus Are Erect ...
Millets
Millets. The Millets Are Cultivated Varie Ties Of Certain Small-seeded Cereal And Forage Grasses, Which, In A Strict Sense, Belong To The Genus Panieum, Or To Closely Allied Genera. Because Of A Resemblance In The Seed The Name Is Also Applied To Other Grasses Of Different Genera In This Country, ...
Mushrooms
Mushrooms And Truffles. Figs. 703-713. The Native Or Wild Mushrooms Supply A Source Of Food That We Cannot Afford To Neglect, And It Is The Purpose Of This Article To Call Attention To Them And To Give Advice As To Their Utilization. The Term Mushroom, As The Term Fruit, Is ...
North American Field Crops
North American Field Crops Having Now Obtained A General View Of Some Of The Primary Considerations Involved In The Growing And Handling Of All Crops, We May Proceed To Specific Discussions Of The Different Kinds Of Crops. In This Work We Are To Confine Ourselves To Field Crops, Or Those ...
Nurseries
Nurseries. The Special Development Of Nursery Agriculture Is Recent. Nurseries Were In Existence In North America A Hundred Years And More Ago, But They Were Isolated, Relatively Unimportant, And Few In Number. In 1900 There Were 2,029 Nursery Farms (establishments In Which Nursery Stock Constitutes At Least 40 Per Cent ...
Oats
Oats. Arena Saliva, Linn. Graminece. Figs. 715 721, Also Fig. 542. By A. L. Stone. A Grass Grown For Its Grain, Which Is Used Both For Human Food And For Stock, And Also For Its Straw. It Is The Only Species Of The Genus That Is Of Great Agricultural Importance. ...
Ornamentals
Ornamentals. While Some Farmers Are Growing Crops To Pro Vide Their Fellows With Food, Clothing And Shelter, Others Are Reciprocating By Growing Plants To Or Nament The Home And Public Places. The Growth Of The Desire For Beautiful Plants Has Been Very Marked In The Last Half-century. Within That Time ...
Paper Making Plants
Paper-making Plants. Figs. The Farmer Is Not Called On To Grow Crops For The Purpose Of Supplying The Raw Materials Used For Making Paper. The Cutting Of Timber And The Sale Of Straw For This Purpose Have Been Incidental To Other Farm Work, Filling In The Gaps Between More Profitable ...
Peanut
Peanut, Araehis Hypogwa. Linn. Leguminosm. Lear Th- Nu T, Ground-nut, Ground-pea, Goober, L'indar.) Figs 73.5-740. By L. C. Corktt. Of The "nuts" Produced In The United States, The Peanut Is The Best Known And Most Universally Us.-i. It Is Perhaps Most Commonly , Known As A Roasted Nut For Eating, ...
Plaiting And Rough Weaving Fibers
Plaiting And Rough-weaving Fibers Coir, Or Coconnt Fiber, Is Obtained From The Thick Outer Husk Of The Coconut, Or Fruit Of The Coco Palm, Cocos Nucifera, Linn., Belonging To The Pal Maeea Or Palm Family. Coir Is A Rather Coarse, Stiff, Elastic Fiber Four To Ten Inches Long, Of A ...
Or Caoutchouc Rubber
Rubber, Or Caoutchouc. Figs. Rubber, Or Caoutchouc, Is Obtained From The Milky Juice Or Latex Of A Considerable Number Of Trees And Shrubs, Erect Or Climbing, Which Inhabit Almost Exclusively Tropical Parts, Though Some Are Found In Sub-tropical Regions. These Plants Belong To The Families Erticacece, Euphorbiaeece And Apney Naccre. ...
Or Indian Corn Maize
Maize, Or Indian Corn. Zea Mays, Linn. Graminece. Figs. 596-648. Maize Or Indian Corn Is A Grass That Is Grown Both For Its Grain And Its Herbage, Which Are Used For Food. The Grain Is Used Whole Or Ground, And In Various Preparations For Both Human And Stock-food. The Herbage ...