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Title: The standard cyclopedia of modern agriculture and rural economy, by the most distinguished authorities and specialists under the editorship of Professor R. Patrick Wright ..
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Wright, Robert Patrick, 1857- ed
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: London, The Gresham publishing company
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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tance which producesdizziness, swelling of the head and neck, andeven death when taken in considerable quantity.In this country Buckwheat is now chiefly grownas food for pheasants and other game on piecesof waste land round coverts, or on poor sandyland, where lit is ploughed in green to increasethe humus in the soil and improve the tilth andfertility of the latter. In some districts small areas are sown to provide honey for bees. Theflowers are produced in succession for severalweeks, and secrete honey from glands betweenthe bases of the stamens. Buckwheat is very sensitive to low tempera-tures, and is generally destroyed completely bya single night of frost. The seed must not besown earlier than the middle of May or begin-ning of June. The crop grows very rapidlywhen the temperature and other conditions aresuitable, and is usually ripe in twelve to four-teen weeks from the time of sowing the seed.The soil most adapted to the growth of Buck-wheat is a warm, sandy loam; it win grow on
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Buckwheat (Polygmmn Fagopyrum) 1, Flower. 2, Fruit. 3, Long section ol fruit i, Crosssection of fruit. dry sands and gravelly areas where other cropswould yield little or no produce. Cold, wetsoils are unsuited to it, although it will oftenthrive on peaty heathland containing acidhumus. Where grown on a large scale for seed, it mayfollow vetches, clover, and rye grass, or take theplace of a spring-sown cereal. The land should beploughed early and reduced to a fine tilth. Onthe Continent, where the crop is an ordinary oneof the rotation, the land is ploughed in winter,and then again in spring once or twice beforebeing thoroughly harrowed and rolled. Manuresare rarely applied, the residues from previousapplications being considered sufiicient. Never-theless, on the poorest types of soil the use ofpotash, phosphates, and nitrogenous manures isremunerative. About a bushel of seed is neces- 14 Buckwheat — Buddeised Milk sary to sow an acre. It should be drilled inrows from 12 to 15 in. a

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