Agriculture for Beginners - Chapter 3 pptx

... 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, for purposes ... this process are illustrated in Figs. 37 , 3 8 -3 9); (2) cover the flower thus treated with a paper bag to prevent stray pollen from getting on it (see Fig. 40); (3) when the ovary is s...

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... be put. The best manure for watermelons is a compost of stable manure and wood-mold from the forest. Pile the manure and wood-mold in alternate layers for some time before the planting season. ... have cold-frames in addition to the hotbed; these need not be more than two or three sashes. =Cold-Frames.= A cold-frame is like the frame used for a hotbed, but it is placed on well-manured ....

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... 10 CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER ... MACHINES 31 3 LXVI. LIMING THE LAND 31 5 LXVII. BIRDS 31 8 LXVIII. FARMING ON DRY LAND 32 3 LXIX. IRRIGATION 32 6 LXX. LIFE IN THE COUNTRY 33 0 APPEND...

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... requirements: 1. Legumes for gathering nitrogen. 2. Money crops for cash income. 3. Cultivated crops for tillage and weed-destruction. 4. Food crops for feeding live stock. CHAPTER II 30 CHAPTER II THE ... plant-root. From the root-hairs, foods are carried to the inside of the root. From this you can see how important it is for a plant to have fine, loose soil for its root-h...

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... bud, and the bud-shoot grows three or four feet. One year later the shoot branches and the top begins to form; and in the fall of the following year the tree may be sold as a two-year-old, although ... to prune is either in the winter or before the buds start in the spring. Winter pruning tends to favor wood-production, while summer pruning lessens wood-production and induces fruitage. Each ....

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... scab at the next harvest. Therefore before they are planted, seed potatoes should be soaked in a weak solution of formalin for about two hours. One-half pint of formalin to fifteen gallons of ... will remember that formalin is the substance used to prevent grain smuts. Write to your state experiment station for a bulletin telling how to use formalin, as well as for information regarding...

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... successful treatment for the curculio. For plums and peaches, spray first when the fruit is free from the calyx caps, or dried flower-buds. Repeat the spraying two weeks later. For late peaches spray ... cocoon. [Illustration: FIG. 1 53. SPRAYING THE ORCHARD BRINGS LUSCIOUS FRUIT The picture in the corner at the top shows the right time to spray for codling moth] CHAPTER VII 71 CHA...

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... the cane is usually crushed for sugar or for molasses. [Illustration: FIG. 2 13. 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 ... successful one is as follows: for the first year, corn heavily fertilized with stable manure; for the second year, sugar-beets; for the third year, oats or barley; for the fourth year...

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... root-knot are dangerous foes. A warm, moist, well-pulverized seed-bed should always be provided. Few plants equal the cowpea in repaying careful preparation. [Illustration: FIG. 234 . COWPEAS] CHAPTER ... food. Fortunately, however, nitrogen, the most costly of the plant foods, can be readily and cheaply returned to poor land. [Illustration: FIG. 230 . ALFALFA READY FOR THE THIRD CUTTING]...

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... fowls were for food, for fighting, and for sacrifice. To-day the domestic fowl has four well-defined uses egg-production, meat-production, feather-production, and pest-destruction. CHAPTER X 111 body ... White. 2. Improved Yorkshire. 3. Tamworth. II. Medium Breeds 1. Berkshire. 2. Poland-China. 3. Duroc-Jersey. 4. Cheshire. III. Small Breeds 1. Victoria. 2. Suffolk. 3. Essex. 4. Sm...

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