This text has enjoyed a wide acceptance since its introduction in 1924. This fourth edition has been prepared to include some of the many worth-while additions to our agronomic knowledge and, therefore, to make it still more useful to teachers and students. The many suggestions made by various users of this textbook have been followed closely in making the current revision. The initial chapter, History of American Agriculture, replaces Beginnings of Plant ...
This book is designed to meet the needs of a standard course in field crops. In this preparation the outline for a standard introductory course in field crops recently adopted by the American Society of Agronomy was followed as closely as practicable. It is thought that a knowledge of the fundamentals underlying the production of all crops is desirable before individual crops are treated. For this reason the first part of the book is devoted to a discussion of ...
This text has enjoyed a wide acceptance since its introduction in 1924. This fourth edition has been prepared to include some of the many worth-while additions to our agronomic knowledge and, therefore, to make it still more useful to teachers and students. The many suggestions made by various users of this textbook have been followed closely in making the current revision. The initial chapters, history of American agriculture, replaces beginnings of plant ...