Indian Corn: Its Value, Culture, and UsesD. Appleton, 1866 - 308 pages |
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... considered , that notwithstanding this low rate of production , the aggregate amounts of our various crops have risen to proportions truly amazing , and have , as already stated , contributed immensely to the growth and power of the ...
... considered , that notwithstanding this low rate of production , the aggregate amounts of our various crops have risen to proportions truly amazing , and have , as already stated , contributed immensely to the growth and power of the ...
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... considered quite equal in value to good hay . As there is , however , some difference of opinion in regard to the value of corn - stalks , we will assume that they are worth five dollars a ton , on an average ; although it is ...
... considered quite equal in value to good hay . As there is , however , some difference of opinion in regard to the value of corn - stalks , we will assume that they are worth five dollars a ton , on an average ; although it is ...
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... considered by many farmers quite equal in value to hay , generally ranges from two to three tons per acre , occasionally reaching four or five tons . When the stalk crop is raised for the purpose of fodder exclusively , the yield is ...
... considered by many farmers quite equal in value to hay , generally ranges from two to three tons per acre , occasionally reaching four or five tons . When the stalk crop is raised for the purpose of fodder exclusively , the yield is ...
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... considered probable by those who have not carefully examined the economy of this plant . " To hybridize this cereal successfully does not re- quire in the farmer any peculiar or unusual faculty ; it is not the exclusive privilege of ...
... considered probable by those who have not carefully examined the economy of this plant . " To hybridize this cereal successfully does not re- quire in the farmer any peculiar or unusual faculty ; it is not the exclusive privilege of ...
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... considered hopelessly incu- rable . II . PREPARATION OF SEED FOR PLANTING . - It is a very general practice , with the best farmers , to steep the seed of this grain before planting , and the prac- tice seems to be justified by reason ...
... considered hopelessly incu- rable . II . PREPARATION OF SEED FOR PLANTING . - It is a very general practice , with the best farmers , to steep the seed of this grain before planting , and the prac- tice seems to be justified by reason ...
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adapted after-culture agricultural Agriculturist amount Angoumois animal average yield barley beef better bushels of grain bushels per acre cattle census cents per bushel cereal chaffed close planting coal tar condition contain corn and cob corn crop corn meal corn-stalks cost cultivated culture dollars ears earth effect elements equal estimate expense experience farmer farming fattening feeding fertilizers fibre field fifty five fodder forty bushels germination give gluten grain ground growing growth half hundred bushels inches increase Indian corn insect kernel land large yield larger latter less maize manure method million bushels mode mutton nearly nutritive value phosphoric acid plough pork pounds of corn practice principle probably profit prolific proportion quantity raised ratio reason riety roots scarcely seed soil stalks starch stover success thirty thousand tillage tion tivator tons twenty twenty-five bushels UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA vegetable weight wheat
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Page 24 - Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire...
Page 238 - FARMER. better acquaintance with the habits of the North American Indians, have shown that a vegetable oil answers the same purpose as animal food; that one pound of parched Indian corn, or an equal quantity of corn meal, made into bread, is more than equivalent to two pounds of fat meat. "Meal from Indian corn contains more than four times as much oleaginous matter as wheat flour; more starch, and consequently capable of producing more sugar, and though less gluttea, in other important compounds...
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Page 160 - ... first year, would destroy eighty thousand grubs. Let us suppose that the half, namely, forty thousand, are females, and it is known that they usually lay about two hundred eggs each, it will appear, that no less than eight millions have been destroyed, or prevented from being hatched, by the labors of a single family of jays. It is by reasoning in this way, that we learn to know of what importance it is to attend to the economy of nature, and to be cautious how we derange it by our short-sighted...
Page 80 - ... an admixture of rye or other flour. The oil of corn is easily convertible into animal fat by a slight change of composition, and consequently serves an excellent purpose for fattening poultry, cattle, and swine. Starch also is changed into fat, as well as the carbonaceous substances of animals, and, during its slow combustion in the circulation, gives out a portion of the heat of animal bodies ; while, in its altered state, it goes to form a part of the living frame. Dextrine and sugar act in...