Upholstery And Stuffing Fibers
Upholstery And Stuffing Fibers This Group Includes A Large Number Of Fibrous Materials Of Vegetable Origin. The Straw Of Flax, Grown For Seed And Threshed In An Ordinary Grain Threshing Machine, Thus Ruining It For Textile Pur Poses, Is Put Through A Series Of Fluted Rollers, Which Crush It And ...
Usual Planting Dates
Usual Planting Dates, Continued •a Rizona (phcenis) Alaska Nevada Washington March-august California Oregon Jan., Feb., Sr. 20 Nov. 10 Alfalfa . . . . Artichoke Asparagus . . Barley Beans Broom-corn . . Buckwheat . . Cabbage . . Jan.-march, Oct., Nov. Sept.-march 1 Mar.-apr. 15, Aug. 15-sr. 15 ...... ...
Velvet Bean
Velvet Bean. Melina Utilis, Wall., Or M. Pruriens, Dc., Var. Stills, Bailey. Leguminosw. Figs. 887490. By H. Harold Hume. The Velvet Bean Is A Twining Plant Grown For Its Vegetative Parts And For Its Seeds, Both Of Which Are Used For Feeding. The Plant Is Also Important As A Cover-crop ...
Vetch
Vetch. Vicia Spp. Leguminoste. Fig. 891, 892. The Vetches Are Of Importance As Cover-crops And As Stock-feed. They Have Never Become Very Popular, Partly Because Of The Low Trailing Habit, And Partly Because Of The High Price Of The Seed. Most Of The Seed Is Procured In Europe. When Over ...
Weeds And The
Weeds. And The Managemen"f Of Them Weeds Are Plants That Are Not Wanted. They Are Of Two General Kinds, — Those That Inhabit Waste Or Unoccupied Areas, And Those That Invade Cropped Lands And Compete With The Plants That The Husbandman Grows. Certain Species Of Plants Are By Nature Adapted ...
Wheat
Wheat. Triticum Sativum, Lam. Graminem. Largely For Human Food, Chiefly As Food-stuffs Made From Its Flour, And In The Form Of Breakfast Foods. The By-products Of Its Manufacture Are Used As Stock-food. The Grain, Whole Or Ground, Is Also Valuable For Stock-feeding. By Nature It Is An Annual, Although Cultivation ...
Yields Of Farm Crops
Yields Of Farm Crops. The Yields Of Farm Crops In Any Given Locality Are Influenced By A Multitude Of Factors,— Seed, Weather, Soil Preparation And Management, Care, Harvesting, And The Like. Any Effort, Therefore, To Tabulate Yields Of Widely Grown Crops Must Be Considered As Suggestive And Provisional Rather Than ...