. Elements of agriculture; a text-book for public schools. Agriculture. Fig. 15. Grains of W^heat. Pai'tially injured by bad conditions in the bin or in the field, showingtheeffect in the first growth from the seed. In the case of bin burning and freezing and thawing, there are always very characteristic effects. This figure shows various injuries to the rootlets and stems of the young plants, due to freezing and thawing in the shock. the great wheat region of the northwest will, as a rule, gain little, and will often lose, by importing seed from the eastern or southern states. Care should be
. Elements of agriculture; a text-book for public schools. Agriculture. Fig. 15. Grains of W^heat. Pai'tially injured by bad conditions in the bin or in the field, showingtheeffect in the first growth from the seed. In the case of bin burning and freezing and thawing, there are always very characteristic effects. This figure shows various injuries to the rootlets and stems of the young plants, due to freezing and thawing in the shock. the great wheat region of the northwest will, as a rule, gain little, and will often lose, by importing seed from the eastern or southern states. Care should be taken, however, to grade the seed wheat carefully, and to sow nothing but the best that can be procured. Wheat Judging. Several samples of wheat should be procured and judged according to the fol- lowing score card:. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shepperd, John H. (John Henry), 1869-1939; McDowell, J. C. (John Chambers), 1867-1943, joint author. St. Paul, Minn. , Webb Publishing Company
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