Essays on Wheat: Including the Discovery and Introduction of Marquis Wheat, the Early History of Wheat-Growing in Manitoba, Wheat in Western Canada, ... the Wild Wheat of Palestine (Classic Reprint) - Couverture rigide

A. H. Reginald Buller

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ISBN 10 : 1528488482 ISBN 13 : 9781528488488

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from Essays on Wheat: Including the Discovery and Introduction of Marquis Wheat, the Early History of Wheat-Growing in Manitoba, Wheat in Western Canada, the Origin of Red Bobs and Kitchener, and the Wild Wheat of Palestine

Marquis Wheat is one of the most valuable food plants in the world. In the year 1917 upwards of bushels of it were raised in North America, and in 1918 upwards of bushels; and, owing to its high yield per acre, it was an important factor in assisting the Allies to overcome the food crisis in the darkest period of the war. The whole of the Marquis Wheat at present in existence originated from a single grain of wheat planted in an experimental plot at Ottawa by Dr. Charles E. Saunders so recently as the spring of 1903.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Marquis Wheat is one of the most valuable food plants in the world. In the year 1917 upwards of 250,000,000 bushels of it were raised in North A merica, and in 1918 upwards of 300,000,000 bushels; and, owing to its high yield per acre, it was an important factor in assisting the Allies to overcome the food crisis in the darkest period of the war. The whole of the Marquis Wheat at present in existence originated from a single grain of wheat planted in an experimental plot at Ottawa by Dr. Charles E. Saunders so recently as the spring of 1903. I have written this book, in the first place, to do justice to Dr. Charles E. Saunders as the discoverer and introducer of Marquis, and, in the second place, to put on record facts which have an important bearing upon the agricultural progress of both Canada and the United States. I undertook the task of penning the history of Marquis with all the more pleasure on account of the fact that I have lived for nearly fifteen years at Winnipeg, in the center of the great spring-wheat region of jST orth A merica, and for the reason that, as a Canadian citizen, I have shared in the general prosperity that has come to the Dominion through the development of her wheat-lands.
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• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1528488482
• ISBN 13: 9781528488488
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 417
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