. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. i,T^;. IwS iMcK ( ! — WHKAT. Cliiiniiiy rice will grow Ixitli on swamps and uplands. Rico is generally sown in drills, into wliidi it is dro}iped bv Iiand : after which the watcM- is let, on lor several day>. to the (lei»th of some inches, when it is rt'uioNi'd till the I'ice
. Grasses and forage plants [microform] : a practical treatise comprising their natural history, comparative nutritive value, methods of cultivating, cutting and curing, and the management of grass lands in the United States and British provinces. Grasses; Forage plants; Hay; Graminées; Plantes fourragères; Foin. i,T^;. IwS iMcK ( ! — WHKAT. Cliiiniiiy rice will grow Ixitli on swamps and uplands. Rico is generally sown in drills, into wliidi it is dro}iped bv Iiand : after which the watcM- is let, on lor several day>. to the (lei»th of some inches, when it is rt'uioNi'd till the I'ice has sprouted and g-rown to the heigh.; of fiKMi two to four inches. The water is then again let uii, and sull'ered to remain for some days. This destroys the grass and wi'eds, if any. Allor this it is uccasionallv hoed and cultivated, to keej) it free from weeds. 'I'he harvest commences generally in August, and continues through Septemher : and it is gen(M-ally cut with sickles, and gathercfl up into handles. Rice is very extensively cultivate(l in China and in India, and along the liiver Po, in Lomhanly. Jt is prob- ably used as human food by a larger number than any other cereal grain. Wheat. Wheat {TriflvKin i-uhjarc) is an annual herbaceous plant, of many varieties, all arising, probably, from the same parent, but modified by varieties of climate, soil, and culture. Wheat possesses, of course, tlie same general charac- teristics as the rest of the graminea\ The seed is ob- long, or a compressed oval, surrounded by scales or cliatf, which are easily removed. That side of the ker- nel or fruit whicli was next to the rachis in growing is marked by a deep groove separating the mealy parts in the middle. On the other side a small oval is seen. This IS the seat of the embryo, or place where the germ of the new plant is to take its start. This is also the point of attachment of the pedicel on which the kernel grew, and through which it derived all its growth and nour- ishmen
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