. Agricultural meteorology. Meteorology, Agricultural. [from old catalog]. 222 AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY In the five years from 1913 to 1917, the states with the highest average production, in the order named, were New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Maine, each of which produced over 24,000,000 bushels. 478. Planting and harvesting.—Figs. 67 and 68 show the average date of the beginning of planting and harvesting of. Fig. 67.—Average dates when the planting of early potatoes begins. early potatoes. The number of days from planting to har- vesting of the early crop varies from 80 to 1
. Agricultural meteorology. Meteorology, Agricultural. [from old catalog]. 222 AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY In the five years from 1913 to 1917, the states with the highest average production, in the order named, were New York, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Maine, each of which produced over 24,000,000 bushels. 478. Planting and harvesting.—Figs. 67 and 68 show the average date of the beginning of planting and harvesting of. Fig. 67.—Average dates when the planting of early potatoes begins. early potatoes. The number of days from planting to har- vesting of the early crop varies from 80 to 100. 479. Temperature at beginning of planting.—The plant- ing of early potatoes generally begins when the mean daily temperature in the spring rises to about 45°. The planting of early potatoes is nearly one month earlier than the average date of the last killing frost in the spring. As it takes less than one month for potatoes to come up, the crop is often subject to damage by late spring frosts. 480. Temperature requirements.—The white or ''Irish'' potato is a cool-weather crop. It originated in Peru, South. 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 Smith, John Warren, 1863- [from old catalog]. New York, The Macmillan company
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