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... fields kept clean produced a one - third larger crop and that an estimate of the loss of corn from the growth of weeds in the state of Iowa amounts to $ 7,000,000 to $ 9,000,000 annually . In all of our great crop - producing states the ...
... fields kept clean produced a one - third larger crop and that an estimate of the loss of corn from the growth of weeds in the state of Iowa amounts to $ 7,000,000 to $ 9,000,000 annually . In all of our great crop - producing states the ...
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... field was cleaned and the present season has been in oats . The treated field contained one - third more oats to the acre than the weedy adjacent fields . The same has been shown to be true also in some ex- periments made by Professors ...
... field was cleaned and the present season has been in oats . The treated field contained one - third more oats to the acre than the weedy adjacent fields . The same has been shown to be true also in some ex- periments made by Professors ...
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... fields . Some weeds are injurious because they are poisonous to man and the lower animals . Cowbane and water pars- nip are powerfully poisonous ; the seed of corn cockle poisons grain ; squirrel - tail , wild barley and awned brome ...
... fields . Some weeds are injurious because they are poisonous to man and the lower animals . Cowbane and water pars- nip are powerfully poisonous ; the seed of corn cockle poisons grain ; squirrel - tail , wild barley and awned brome ...
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... fields by means of the culti- vator and plow . They may be dispersed with undecom- posed manure , packing materials , or imported fruit trees . Mice and gophers may scatter roots to different parts of the field . Character of Root ...
... fields by means of the culti- vator and plow . They may be dispersed with undecom- posed manure , packing materials , or imported fruit trees . Mice and gophers may scatter roots to different parts of the field . Character of Root ...
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... fields and meadows . The bull thistle " seed " with hairy ap- pendage is carried from the roadside to fields and pastures . Wind and Snow . - Many seeds glide over the frozen snow and become deposited in the field . Greater ragweed is ...
... fields and meadows . The bull thistle " seed " with hairy ap- pendage is carried from the roadside to fields and pastures . Wind and Snow . - Many seeds glide over the frozen snow and become deposited in the field . Greater ragweed is ...
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Page 47 - This shall not, however, exempt the seller from the restrictions of section ten (10) of this act. Third. Seed that is held in storage for the purpose of being recleaned, and which has not been offered, exposed or held in possession of or for sale for the purpose of seeding. Fourth. Seed marked "not absolutely clean," and held or sold for export outside the state only.