Agriculture for Beginners - Chapter 7 pot

... whole territory shown by the map on page 177 . [Illustration: FIG. 172 . ADULT COTTON-BOLL WEEVIL Enlarged] This weevil is a small gray or reddish-brown snout-beetle hardly over a quarter of an inch ... early for the weevils to do it much harm. A second is to kill as many weevils as possible by burning the homes that shelter them in winter. CHAPTER VII 77 [Illustration: FIG. 176 . PUPA...

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... much whether the seed potato be large or small; it must, however, come from a hill bearing a large yield of fine potatoes. [Illustration: FIG. 46. BEGONIA-LEAF CUTTING] Sweet-potato plants are produced ... cross-pollination. As a rule cross-pollination makes seed that will produce a better plant than simple pollination would. Cross-pollination by hand is often used by plant-breeders when, fo...

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... special pruning; for example, the peach should be made to assume the shape illustrated in Fig. 77 . This is done by successive trimmings, following the plan illustrated in Figs. 71 , 78 , 79 . You will ... foliage may lessen the danger of sun-scald to the main trunk. [Illustration: FIG. 77 . THE CUSTOMARY WAY OF PRUNING A PEACH] [Illustration: FIG. 78 . TWO-YEAR-OLD TREE Cut off heel,...

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... the cane is usually crushed for sugar or for molasses. [Illustration: FIG. 213. STALK OF SUGAR-CANE A-B, joints of cane showing roots; B-C, stem; C-D, leaves] The sugar-cane is a huge grass. The ... bruising the potato, since bruises are as dangerous to a sweet potato as to an apple, and render decay almost a certainty. Lay aside all bruised potatoes for immediate use. For shipment th...

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... growth of mowing and pasture crops. Therefore to the grower of stock the management of grass crops is all-important. In planting either for a meadow or for a pasture, the farmer should mix different ... Many orchard-growers of the Northwest find vetch the best winter crop for the orchards as well as for the fields. =Soy, or Soja, Bean.= In China and Japan the soy bean is grown largely...

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