Author: Jerome Boneypart Armstrong
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Author: J[erome] B[oneypart] Armstrong
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781018583358
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Charles Pinckney Hartley
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Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Author: Alva Agee
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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A thorough and comprehensive guide to various methods and stages to improving soil for crop cultivation. The maintenance and increase of soil fertility go hand in hand, as explained in this simple how to guide to maintaining good soil and farming practices. Originally written and published in 1912, valuable turn of the century and pre-technological involvement information is contained within this text

Author: Charles Pinckney Hartley
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 20

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Author: Akbar Hossain
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 1838802614
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 158

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Maize is a staple cereal after wheat and rice. It is an important source of carbohydrate, protein, iron, vitamin B and minerals for many poor people in the world. In developing countries maize is a major source of income in resource-poor farmers. As maize is used both as silage and as crop residue and the grains of maize are usually used for food, starch and oil extraction industrially, the demand for maize is rising day by day. Therefore, it is imperative for improvement of maize to meet the increasing demand. This book entitled "Maize - Production and Use" highlights the importance of maize and the improved management approaches for improving the productivity of maize in the era of changing climate.

Author: Samuel Cecil Salmon
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Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 58

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Author: Young Men's Christian Associations of North America. Educational Department
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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Author: Mohamed A. El-Esawi
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 1789230381
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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Maize is an important staple food crop worldwide. It is the third most important cereal crop after wheat and rice and is economically used for both livestock feeds and human consumption. The latest maize research has opened up new opportunities for crop improvement. This book brings together recent work and advances that have recently been made in the dynamic fields of genetic characterization, molecular breeding, genetic engineering technologies, and mapping of agronomic traits of global maize germplasm. It also provides new insights into and sheds new light regarding the current research trends and future research directions in maize. This book will provoke interest in many readers, researchers, and scientists, who can find this information useful for the advancement of their research works toward maize improvement.

Author: Henry Agard Wallace
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Category : Corn
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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History of corn; Importance of corn; Corn breeding; Corn genetics; Classification of corn; Development and parts of the corn plant; Preparation of the seed bed; Corn soils and fertilization of seed bed; Planting; Cultivation; Weeds-prevalence and methods of control; Controlling insects, diseases, and other pests; Corn for fodder and silage; Corn performance trials; Sweet corn; Popcorn; Waxy corn; Corn as affected by temperature and rainfall; Growing, harvesting, and processing seed corn; Harvesting and marketing corn; Cost corn-growing regions; Economic factors affecting corn prices; The interrelationship between corn and hogs; Problems and community studies; Corn products and their uses; Corn Statistics.