00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.825214 CaOODSP 20250303104652 cr ||||||||||| 160930s1948 oncao #o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- A12-8/88-1948E-PDF Field roots [electronic resource] / by F.S. Nowosad ... [et al.]. Rev. Ottawa : Department of Agriculture : Divisions of Forage Plants, Field Husbandy and Animal Husbandry, Experimental Farms Service, 1948. 29 p. : ill. Farmers' bulletin ; 88 Caption title. "Issued October 1948." Issued also in French under title: Plantes racines. Historical publication digitized by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. "Division of Forage Plants, Field Husbandry and Animal Husbandry, Experimental Farms Service"--Cover. Partial contents : Introduction -- Distribution of field roots -- Varieties of field roots to grow -- Growing field roots -- Cost of producing root crops -- Feeding of roots to livestock -- Seed production of field roots. "The production of field roots such as swedes, mangels and carrots for livestock feeding purposes and growing of swedes for human consumption is of considerable importance in Canadian agriculture. ... This bulletin has been written to answer the numerous inquiries regarding the growing, harvesting, storing, feeding and methods of producing seed of field roots. No attempt is made here to deal with sugar beets, since this crop is confined to certain definite areas and is grown specifically for the commercial production of sugar. Such a crop requires certain special considerations which are too extensive to be dealt with in a bulletin of this kind"--p. 3. gccst Vegetable crops Nowosad, F. S. Canada. Department of Agriculture. Canada. Experimental Farms Service. Plantes racines (CaOODSP)9.825220 Farmers' bulletin (Canada. Department of Agriculture : 1936) 88 (CaOODSP)9.824039 PDF 4.65 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/agrhist/A12-8-88-1948-eng.pdf Publication 672