. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. BROOM-CORN BUCKWHEAT 217 •where the crop is largely produced, buyers are usually on hand to purchase it; elsewhere, commu- nications should be addressed to large users of the crop for quotations. The price varies with the quality of the crop and the production, usually running from $50 to $100 per ton. An acre of dwarf broom-corn should produce at least 400 pounds of brush ; an acre of standard 600 to 700 pounds. As special equipment for the handling of this crop is needed in the matter of drying sheds, thresher and baler, as well as a con
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. BROOM-CORN BUCKWHEAT 217 •where the crop is largely produced, buyers are usually on hand to purchase it; elsewhere, commu- nications should be addressed to large users of the crop for quotations. The price varies with the quality of the crop and the production, usually running from $50 to $100 per ton. An acre of dwarf broom-corn should produce at least 400 pounds of brush ; an acre of standard 600 to 700 pounds. As special equipment for the handling of this crop is needed in the matter of drying sheds, thresher and baler, as well as a considerable force at harvest-time, the business of growing it should be a fairly permanent one, and farmers are not justified in growing broom-corn for a single year only. Literature. Farmers' Bulletin No. 174 of the United States Department of Agriculture, "Broom-Corn," by C. P. Hartley, gives very concise treatment of this crop. Several experiment station publications have also been devoted to it. For further account of broom-corn in its botanical relations, see the article on Sorghum. BUCKWHEAT. Fagopyrum esculentwn, Mcench and F. Tataricum, Gsertn. Polygonacece. Figs. 310-314. By J. L. Stone. The true or common buckwheat is of one species, Fagopyrum escukntum, Figs. 310, 311 (F. emargi- natum is a variant form characterized by a notched akene), but the India-wheat {F. Tataricum), Fig. , is sometimes known as buckwheat. The buck- wheat is an annual, grown for the flour that is made from the contents of the 3-cornered akene, native of Europe and northern Asia. Leaves tri- angular or hastate in outline ; flowers white, fra- grant, in dense terminal panicles or clustered racemes. Buckwheat is of erect habit, under ordinary con- ditions attaining about three feet in height. The root system consists of one primary root and sev- eral branches, the former extending well downward to reach moist earth ; but the total development of roots is not large. The stem varies fr
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