Archive image from page 256 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 BUCKWHEAT CABBAGE 221 process, is much sought by dairymen as food for dairy cows because of its high content of protein. The hulls have little or no value. Sometimes they are ground and used as an adulterant for black pepper. Buckwheat grain is much relished by poultry and has the reputation of being of special value in egg production. In recent feeding experiments this reputation is
Archive image from page 256 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 BUCKWHEAT CABBAGE 221 process, is much sought by dairymen as food for dairy cows because of its high content of protein. The hulls have little or no value. Sometimes they are ground and used as an adulterant for black pepper. Buckwheat grain is much relished by poultry and has the reputation of being of special value in egg production. In recent feeding experiments this reputation is scarcely sustained. Buckwheat is also a well-known honey plant (see Vol. ni). Enemies. The buckwheat crop is unusually free from interference from weeds or plant diseases. It starts so quickly and grows so rapidly that most weeds get no chance to make headway against it. In fact, buckwheat is one of the best crops for cleaning land by smothering out weed growths. Wild birds as well as domestic are fond of the grain, and, when abundant, sometimes cause considerable loss. Xo insect or fungous troubles have been suf- ficiently destructive to attract much attention. Literature. The literature on buckwheat is meager. A few of the experiment stations have bulletins on the subject, and discussions have been published in the Yearbooks of the United States Department of Agriculture, and in the agricultural press, notably, the Country Gentleman. The three publications fol- lowing devote some space to buckwheat : Hunt, Cereals in America, pp. 400-410; Wilson, Our Farm Crops, London, Vol. 1, pp. 188-196 ; Cornell Bulletin, Xo. 238. such plants our common headed cabbage (Brassica oleracea, var. capitata, DC.) has been derived; others bear small cabbages in the axils of leaves and from such the Brussels sprout {Brassica oleracea, var. gemmifera, Hort.) has arisen. The leaves of the wild plant are bluish green, fleshy and hair- less like those of the cultivated cabbage, and either entire or
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