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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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refitted with a fan and sieves to take out therubbish; the feeding was performed by hand,the attendant shoving in the cob so as to keepup a constant feed. More modern machineswork in a very similar manner, but in the placeof the wooden core an iron spindle runs throughthe concave, and to the spindle are attachedradial arms which support grooved steel worms;the rapid revolution of the worm causes thecob to fly from the centre, so that the rubbingis effected between the worm and the concave.In recent years, however, machines have beenintroduced, and found to work satisfactorily, inwhich the whole process of threshing and rub-bing, with subsequent cleaning, is performed.There is a marked advantage in the combinedmachine, as when the cob is independentlytreated it is usually necessary to store at anyrate a portion of it, with the result that itbecomes consolidated slightly, causing fermen-tation, which even in the smallest degree tendsto make the rubbing less effective. Cob should CLOVERS
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Alsike Clover (Trifolililii hybridinii); 2. Ciimson Clover (Trifolium hicariiattim)-,3. Red Clover (Trifoliumpyatense); 4. White Clover (Trifolium n-peiti). Clovers 233 never be subjected to pressure, nor stored inthick heaps. If possible, only frosty or verydry weather should be used for threshing orrubbing, as in dull or damp weather it is verydifficult to free the seed from its small pod. (w. J. M.) Clovers.—In agriculture this name is usedsometimes in a wide sense, to signify leguminousplants in general, and sometimes in a narrowsense, to mark off those species of leguminousplants which belong to the genus Trifolium. Forexample, when a farmer speaks of Yellow Cloverhe often means Medicago lupuUna, which is aMedick. Again, Bokhara clover is not a cloverbut a Melilot, namely Melilotus alba, and Soolaclover is a Sainfoin, namely Hedysarum corona-rium. In this article the word clover is usedin the narrow sense for species of the genusTrifolium. The Clovers are easily distinguished f

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