The First Book of Farming by Charles Landon Goodrich
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Ridging the land 98
Time to plow 98 Bare fallow 100 XII.--HARROWING AND ROLLING 101 Harrowing: Why we harrow Time to harrow 101 Types of harrows 102 Rolling 106 XIII.--LEAVES 108 Facts about leaves 108 The uses of leaves to plants: Transpiration Starch making Digestion of food Conditions necessary for leaf work 109 How the work of leaves is interfered with 115 XIV.--STEMS 120 What are stems for? 120 How the work of the stem may be interfered with 126 XV.--FLOWERS 128 Function of flowers 128 Parts of flowers 129 Functions of the parts: Cross pollination 130 Value of a knowledge of the flowers 134 |
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