Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture ..., Volumen 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1904 |
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... cultural condi- tions , its addition to soils in need of it is clearly a matter of some mo- ment . The practical solution of the lime problem is not as simple as it appears at first sight . Lime is itself a powerful and caustic sub ...
... cultural condi- tions , its addition to soils in need of it is clearly a matter of some mo- ment . The practical solution of the lime problem is not as simple as it appears at first sight . Lime is itself a powerful and caustic sub ...
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... cultural implements prevents the free escap of soil - moisture into the air . It is clear that , after all , the water supply is a most cru- cial factor in the development of our crops , for not only does this limit the direct feeding ...
... cultural implements prevents the free escap of soil - moisture into the air . It is clear that , after all , the water supply is a most cru- cial factor in the development of our crops , for not only does this limit the direct feeding ...
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... culture appears to be attended with so little difficulty and expense , while it is affected by none of the casualities arising from drought and otherwise , to which other species of cultivation is liable , it is to be hoped that it will ...
... culture appears to be attended with so little difficulty and expense , while it is affected by none of the casualities arising from drought and otherwise , to which other species of cultivation is liable , it is to be hoped that it will ...
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... culture Option must have spent at least two years at practical work with a good farmer ; those entering for the Horticultural Option must have spent at least one year at practical work with a good fruit- grower , market gardener , or ...
... culture Option must have spent at least two years at practical work with a good farmer ; those entering for the Horticultural Option must have spent at least one year at practical work with a good fruit- grower , market gardener , or ...
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... culture there are numerous difficulties that have to be overcome or else we cannot reap the fruits of our labours . Now with regard to the question of establishing a COTTON INDUSTRY . The first time I brought the matter before the ...
... culture there are numerous difficulties that have to be overcome or else we cannot reap the fruits of our labours . Now with regard to the question of establishing a COTTON INDUSTRY . The first time I brought the matter before the ...
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Página 45 - ... interference with either the food supply, the water supply or the air supply of the tree, and that it must, in all probability, be attributed to the action of some product, direct or indirect, of grass growth which exercises an actively poisonous effect on the roots of the tree.
Página 214 - ... no change for many months. It is taken out of the hole as it is wanted for use, and, being made into balls, it is wrapped up in leaves and baked : after it is dressed it will keep five or six weeks. It is eaten both cold and hot, and the natives seldom make a meal without it, though to Europeans the taste is as disagreeable as that of a pickled olive generally is, the first time it is eaten.
Página 259 - They abound in Nicaragua; and as I have, through the kindness of my friend Dr. Bureau, of Paris, received from M. Paul Levy, a botanical collector in Nicaragua, a good account of their history there, it will serve to give a correct idea of their habits. The basin of the Rio San Juan is where the ule tree grows to perfection. This river is the natural vent of the two vast basins of the lakes of Nicaragua and Managua, receiving numerous tributaries, which have all their sources in the innumerable tracts...
Página 178 - G-12 pairs to the pinna, borne at half the distance to the margin. Type in the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden; collected on Blue Mountain Peak, Jamaica, at an altitude of 1950-2225 meters by LM Underwood, no.
Página 161 - Of the many vegetables that have been mentioned already as serving them for food, the principal is the bread-fruit, to procure which costs them no trouble or labour but climbing a tree: The tree which produces it, does not indeed shoot up spontaneously ; but if a man plants ten of them in his lifetime, which he may do in about an hour, he will as completely fulfil his duty to his own and future generations, as the...
Página 215 - ... pa, crust or shell roasting. Sometimes, when thus dressed, it is immersed in a stream of water, and, when completely saturated, forms a soft, sweet, spongy pulp, or sort of paste ; of which the natives are exceedingly fond.
Página 214 - ... the stalk, and the rest of the fruit is thrown into a hole which is dug for that purpose, generally in the houses, and neatly lined in the bottom and sides with grass; the whole is then covered with leaves, and heavy stones laid upon them: in this state it undergoes a second fermentation, and...
Página 215 - They gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard: then they bake it in an oven, which scorcheth the rind, and makes it black; but they scrape off the outside black crust, and there remains a tender thin crust; and the inside is soft, tender and white, like the crumb of a penny loaf.
Página 259 - The shorter the dry season and the more the rain extends over the entire year the better will the locality be adapted for rubber culture ; regions with a long, absolutely dry season are unsuitable for this culture. In the valley of San Carlos, Costa Rica, upon the Atlantic slope, it rains occasionally also in the dry season, and even in the two dryest months, March and April.
Página 260 - ... is any loose stone and a little soil. It is adapted for the hottest parts of India, where the temperature does not fall much below 74° F. The tree is of rapid growth, and attains to a great size...