Plant Introduction
Plant Introduction The Organization Of Plant-introduction Work And Some Of Its Problems. It Was Not Until 1897 That This Great Work Of Finding, Getting, Importing, And Sending Out New Plants Was Put On A Scientific Basis And The Section Of Seed And Plant Introduction Made An Integral Part Of The ...
Planting And Yields 135
Seeding, Planting And Yields 135 Is Broken Up By Subsequent Tillage ; Or If The Crop Is Not Tilled, As The Cereal Grains, The Seed-bed Disappears By The Action Of The Elements And The Natural Settling Together Of The Soil. The Seed-bed Is Therefore Only An Epoch In The Care ...
Planting And Yields 137
Seeding, Planting And Yields 137 Storing Of' Seeds. The First Requisite To The Keeping Of Seeds Is To Have Them Well Grown, From Strong And Healthy Parents. The Second Requisite Is To Have Them Well Cured, Or Free From Mold And Damp. Usually It Is Best To Thresh Before Storing, ...
Plants Producing Fatty Oils
Plants Producing Fatty Oils. Many Plants Produce Fatty Oils In A Very Consid Erable Quantity And Store These, Usually In Seeds Or Fruits, As Reserve Food Substance. They Are Used At The Time Of Germination As A Source Of Energy To Support The Young Plant Until It Can Maintain Itself. ...
Plants Producing Volatile Oils
Plants Producing Volatile Oils Botanical Source. The Labiatece (the Mint Family), The Umbelbferie (the Parsnip Family), The Bosacree (the Rose Family), And The Composite (the Sunflower Family), Are All Rich In Volatile Oils And Furnish A Considerable Part Of The World's Supply. This Class Of Products Is Also Widely Developed ...
Plants And Animals Comprise
Plants And Animals Comprise The Products Of Agriculture. The Plants Make It Possible For The Animals To Live. The Purpose Of This Volume Is To Discuss The Plant Products Of The Farm ; And The First General Subject That May Receive Attention Is A Discussion Of The Plant In Its ...
Plants In Residence Windows
Plants In Residence Windows There Is No One Way To Grow Plants In Windows, Since There Are So Many Kinds Of Plants To Be Con Sidered ; But It Will Be Worth While To Give The Farmer's Wife Advice. There Is No Intention Of Cov Ering The General Question Of ...
Potato
Potato. Solanum Tuberosum, Linn. Solanacece, (irish, English, Round, White Potato.) Figs 741-762. A Farm Crop Grown For Its Tubers, Which Are Used Largely For Human Food And For Stock-food, And For The Manufacture Of Starch And Alcohol, The Genus Solanum Comprises Perhaps 1000 Spe Cies, In Many Parts Of The ...
Practical Advice On Seed Testing
Practical Advice On Seed-testing The Quality Of Agricultural Seeds, Especially Of Forage Crops, Has Been Given Much More Attention In Europe Than In America. European Countries Have Seed Control In Various Forms, With Over One Hundred Seed-control Stations, Some Of Them With An International Reputation. We Have Developed A System ...
Pumpkin And Squash For
Pumpkin And Squash For Stock-feed Ing. Cucurbita Pep, Linn., And C. Maxima, Duch. Cueurbitacece. Figs. 763-764. Varieties Of Pumpkin And Squash Are Grown For Stock-feeding. The Mammoth Chili Is One Of The Large Squashes And The Connecticut Field Is The Standard Pumpkin, These Being Among The Best Kinds For Feeding. ...
Quantity Of Seed Per
Quantity Of Seed Per Acre, Continued Cowpea (in Drill, With Corn) . • I-1 Bu. Rescue Grass 10-40 Lbs. Cowpea (for Seed) 3 Pks. Rice 1-3 Bus. Crimson Clover 12-15 Lbs. Rutabaga 3-5 Lbs. Purrs. See Kafir And Milo. Rye (early) 3-4 Pks. Field-pea, (small Varieties) . . . 2} ...
Rape
Rape. I? Rassiea Napus, Linn. Cruciform. Figs. 165-767. Rape Is Grown Primarily For Forage And For The Manufacture Of Oil From Its Seeds ; Also For Bird Seed. It Is Closely Related To The Mustard, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Kohlrabi, Kale And Turnip. In Appear Ance It Very Closely Resembles The Rutabaga ...
Rice
Rice. Ory:a Saliva, Linn. Graminew. Figs. 768 773 ; Also Fig. 531, P. 371. An Annual Plant Of The Grass Family Grown For Its Grain, Which Is Used For Human Food. The Seeds Grow On Short Separate Stems Radiating From The Main Stalk, And At Maturity Stand At A Height ...
Root Crops
Root Crops. Figs. 774-785. The Growing Of Roots For Stock-feeding Has Never Taken The Place In American Agriculture That Its Merits Deserve, Largely Because Of The Ease And Cheapness With Which Grain Crops Can Be Raised And The Amount Of Hand Labor Involved In The Production Of Roots. There Is ...
Sainfoin
Sainfoin. Onobryehis Satira, Lam. 0 Vieiccfolia, Scop. Legnminosir. (esparcet, Esparsette, Saint Foin, Holy Clover.) Fig. S02. Sainfoin Is A Long-lived And Deep-rooted Legumi Nous Forage Plant, Comparable Agriculturally With Red Clover And Alfalfa. The Stems Are Erect Or Nearly So, One And One-half To Two And One-half Feet High, And ...
Saltbushes
Saltbushes. Atriplex, Spp. Chenopodiacem. The Saltbushes, Or Saltbrushes, As They Are Some Times Called, Are Low, Shrubby, Much -branched Plants, Valuable As Forage Only Where The Condi Tions Of Soil Or Moisture Will Not Permit Of The Growing Of More Palatable Crops, Such As The Grasses, Clovers And Vetches. They ...
Serradella
Serradella. Oraithopus Satirus, Brot. Legu Minos(r. Fig. 803. Serradella Is An Annual Forage And Green-manure Plant Growing Six To Eighteen Inches High. The Leaves Are Odd-pinnate With Numerous Leaflets, And The Flowers Are Pale Purplish. It Has Been Culti Vated In The United States Only In An Experimental Way, And ...
Soiling
Soiling: Its Philosophy And Practice. Figs. 806, 807. The Soiling System Consists In Feeding Farm Animals A Succession Of Green Fodder Crops In The Stable During The Entire Summer Period. This System, Which Has Long Been Practiced By European Dairy-farmers, Became Known In This Country Mainly Through Two Admirable Essays ...
Some Of The Principles
Some Of The Principles Of Plant Breeding We Are Inclined To Think That Plant -breeding Is Based On Old And Well-established Laws. The Fact Is, However, That The Fundamental Principles Of Plant Breeding Were Not Made Known Until The Latter Part Of The Eighteenth Century. The Sexuality Of Plants Was ...
Sorghum
Sorghum. Andropogon Sorghum, Brot., Or Sor Ghum Vulgare, Pers. Graminew. Figs. 808-814. Agriculturally The Term Sorghum Is Commonly Restricted To The Sweet Or Saccharine Varieties.' Botanically The Species, Andropogon Sorghum, Is Held To Include All Groups Of Cultivated Sorghum, Such As The Broom-corns, Sweet Sorghums, Kafirs And Durras. All Other ...
Sources Of Tanning Materials
Sources Of Tanning Materials Conifers. Hemlock (duca Canadensis). Hemlock Bark Is Still The Chief American Tanning Material. It Contains 8 To 14 Per Cent Of Catechol Tannin. The Tree Is Native From Nova Scotia To Minnesota And Wisconsin, And Southward In The Alleghany Mountains To Northern Alabama And Georgia. Michigan ...
Soybean
Soybean. Glycine Hispida, Maxim. Leguminosec. Soja Bean. Fig. 815. The Soybean Is An Annual Leguminous Plant, Valu Able As Human And Stock-food, And As A Soil Renovator. In Botanical Relationship And In Appearance It Is Close To The Cowpea. It Is An Erect, Hairy Plant, Two To Four And One-half ...
Spice Producing Plants
Spice-producing Plants. It Is Somewhat Difficult To Separate Spices From Other Aromatic Flavoring Agents, Such As Anise Seed And Bay Leaves. As A Rule, However, Spices Have A Sharp, Pungent Taste Modified By Other Savors Characteristic Of Each Sort. Most Of Them Are Used In A Ground State, Owing To ...
Spurry
Spurry. Spergula Arvensis, Linn. Cargophyllacew. Fig. 816. Sperry Is Used For Forage And As A Green-manure. In The Genus Are Three To Eight Species, Widely Distributed Throughout The Temperate Regions Of The Old World. Only Two Species Have Been Culti Vated, One Of Which Is The Common Or Sand Spurry ...