Indian Corn: Its Value, Culture, and UsesD. Appleton, 1866 - 308 pages |
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... SUCCESS. Table of Contents "So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when ... success?" People never ask a man who is a failure, "What is the secret of your failure?" It is quite easy to see and ...
... SUCCESS. Table of Contents "So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when ... success?" People never ask a man who is a failure, "What is the secret of your failure?" It is quite easy to see and ...
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... success before. Success turns into failure. When the success takes U turn, it takes time person to accept it. He blames other people, circumstances some times to his luck and even to the god. But when the person accepts his mistakes and ...
... success before. Success turns into failure. When the success takes U turn, it takes time person to accept it. He blames other people, circumstances some times to his luck and even to the god. But when the person accepts his mistakes and ...
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... success does not come out of nowhere and is not the result of chance; Success is a consequence of the use of inflexible and decisive laws. Personal success is a company governed by essential laws that shape its construction; There is a ...
... success does not come out of nowhere and is not the result of chance; Success is a consequence of the use of inflexible and decisive laws. Personal success is a company governed by essential laws that shape its construction; There is a ...
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... Success breeds success. Becoming a success student for life is about practicing being successful.What's hardtoday is easy tomorrow—with practice. There are two ways you can learn: Thehard way—through trial and error, making lots of ...
... Success breeds success. Becoming a success student for life is about practicing being successful.What's hardtoday is easy tomorrow—with practice. There are two ways you can learn: Thehard way—through trial and error, making lots of ...
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... success Understanding the role and importance of a professional real estate sales agent Knowing the importance of lead - generation and sales skills Building your success as a listing agent Choosing the right path to real estate success ...
... success Understanding the role and importance of a professional real estate sales agent Knowing the importance of lead - generation and sales skills Building your success as a listing agent Choosing the right path to real estate success ...
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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 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...