Download or read book Crop Systems for Arkansas written by A. D. McNair and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Crop systems for Arkansas that make for increased food production and increased efficiency in man labor and horse labor are described in the following pages. By introduction of cowpeas, soy beans, and other legumes, and by second cropping, provision is made for a considerable increase in the number of crop acres that can be farmed by the average family. Thus, two men with a team, who under a cotton and corn system can farm but 33 acres of land, can handle 50 acres and raise 62 acres crops under a system providing for a 4-year rotation, including (10 cotton with a winter cover crop, (2) cowpeas, (30 oats or wheat followed by cowpeas, and (4) corn. In each of the copping systems suggested the crop acreages are calculated for tow men and a team, and for light medium and heavy soils. These systems in general apply to all of Arkansas except the northwestern part, and some of them may be used to advantage in northern Louisiana, northeastern Texas, southeastern Oklahoma, western Tennessee, and the northern half of Mississippi."--Page 2

Download or read book Crop Systems For Arkansas written by United States. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Labor Requirements of Arkansas Crops written by A. D. McNair and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comparison of Farming Systems for Large Rice Farms in Arkansas written by Troy Mullins and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Comparison of Farming Systems for Small Rice Farms in Arkansas written by Troy Mullins and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Managing Cover Crops Profitably 3rd Ed written by Andy Clark and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover crops slow erosion, improve soil, smother weeds, enhance nutrient and moisture availability, help control many pests and bring a host of other benefits to your farm. At the same time, they can reduce costs, increase profits and even create new sources of income. You¿ll reap dividends on your cover crop investments for years, since their benefits accumulate over the long term. This book will help you find which ones are right for you. Captures farmer and other research results from the past ten years. The authors verified the info. from the 2nd ed., added new results and updated farmer profiles and research data, and added 2 chap. Includes maps and charts, detailed narratives about individual cover crop species, and chap. about aspects of cover cropping.

Download or read book Soils of Arkansas written by Arkansas Association of Professional Soil Classifiers and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Silken Thread written by Robert N. Wiedenmann and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Insects are seldom mentioned in history texts, yet they significantly shaped human history. The Silken Thread: Five Insects and Their Impacts on History tells the stories of just five insects, tied together by a thread originating in the Silk Roads of Asia, and how they have impacted our world. Silkworms have been farmed to produce silk for millennia, creating a history of empires and cultural exchanges; Silk Roads connected East to West, generating trade centers and transferring ideas, philosophies, and religions. The western honey bee feeds countless people, and their crop pollination is worth billions of dollars. Fleas and lice carried bacteria that caused three major plague pandemics, moved along the Silk Roads from Central Asia. Bacteria carried by insects left their ancient clues as DNA embedded in victims' teeth. Lice caused outbreaks of typhus, especially in crowded conditions such as prisons and concentration camps. Typhus aggravated the effects of the Irish potato famine, and Irish refugees took typhus to North America. Yellow fever was transported to the Americas via the trans-Atlantic slave trade, taking and devaluing the lives of millions of Africans. Slaves were brought to the Americas to reduce labor costs in the cultivation of sugarcane, which was itself transported from south Asia along the Silk Roads. Yellow fever caused panic in the United States in the 1700s and 1800s as the virus and its mosquito vector migrated from the Caribbean. Constructing the Panama Canal required defeating mosquitoes that transmitted yellow fever. The silken thread runs through and ties together these five insects and their impacts on history"--

Download or read book The National Poultry Improvement Plan written by and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Weed Control written by Nicholas E. Korres and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-12-19 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In light of public concerns about sustainable food production, the necessity for human and environmental protection, along with the evolution of herbicide resistant weeds, call for a review of current weed control strategies. Sustainable weed control requires an integrated approach based on knowledge of each crop and the weeds that threaten it. This book will be an invaluable source of information for scholars, growers, consultants, researchers and other stakeholders dealing with either arable, row, cash, vegetables, orchards or even grassland-based production systems. The uniqueness of this book comes from the balanced coverage of herbicide effects on humans and environment in relation to best weed control practices of the most important cropping systems worldwide. Furthermore, it amalgamates and discusses the most appropriate, judicious and suitable weed control strategies for a wide range of crops. It reviews the available information and suggests solutions that are not merely feasible but also optimal.

Download or read book Using Cover Crops to Recycle Nutrients in an Arkansas No till Corn System written by Kelsey Lynn Hoegenauer and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover crops can provide many benefits to cropping systems including erosion control, weed suppression, and increased soil organic matter. Regardless of the intended goal for using cover crops, the changes to the nutrient flux in a cropping system caused by cover crops retaining and recycling nutrients needs to be considered in order to maximize the productivity of the following commodity crops. This research encompassed complementary greenhouse, field, and laboratory experiments to evaluate nutrient uptake and release by tillage radish (Raphanus sativus) and cereal rye (Secale cereale) cover crops, as well as the subsequent early-season recovery of recycled nutrients by the following corn (Zea mays) crop. When grown under controlled greenhouse conditions, tillage radish and cereal rye cover crops recovered, at most, 38% of the applied fertilizer N, and most of the captured N was translocated and stored in the shoots, which produced greater biomass than the roots. Cereal rye generally recovered more N, P, K, and Zn than tillage radish due to greater biomass accumulation; however, by the V6 growth stage corn following tillage radish usually produced more dry matter and contained more N, P, K, and Zn than corn planted into cereal rye residue. Early season corn growth and nutrient uptake following cereal rye was often lower than that of corn planted into no cover crop. The fertilizer N recovery efficiency of cover crops grown in the field study was, at most, 60%, and the application of fertilizer N did not always increase corn nutrient uptake. Results from the laboratory incubation study revealed that tillage radish released available N earlier in the growing season than cereal rye residue. By the end of the incubation 43% of the total N (TN) contained in the residues was recovered as NO3-N. Incorporating cover crop residues increased the rate at which NO3-N accumulated during the later stage of the incubation trial (42 to 179 days). Based on results from this study, tillage radish cover crops provide a more optimum timing of nutrient release in alignment with early-season corn nutrient demand than cereal rye.

Download or read book Manual of Farm and Home Studies for Arkansas Junior Adult 4 H Clubs written by University of Arkansas. College of Agriculture. Extension Service and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Crop Rotation on Organic Farms written by Charles L. Mohler and published by Natural Resource Agriculture and Engineering Service (Nraes). This book was released on 2009 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Arkansas Agriculture for the Future written by University of Arkansas (System). Cooperative Extension Service and published by . This book was released on 1979* with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Agricultural Statistics for Arkansas written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Economic Expansion of Arkansas Agriculture written by University of Arkansas (Fayetteville campus). Division of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Influence of Cover Crop Termination Timing on Soil Health and Cash Crop Development in the Arkansas Delta Region written by Derek Alan Dittlinger and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover crops have become an important tool in many conservation farming systems. However, impacts of various levels of cover crop biomass on soil health and cash crop growth and development are not fully understood in the Arkansas Delta region. A two-year study was conducted on no-tillage, row crop production farms in order to determine the effects of cover crop termination timing (cover crop biomass production) on soil physical properties and cash crop growth and development in both corn (Zea mays) and soybeans (Glycine max). Cover crop termination timing did not have a significant impact on soil physical properties related to soil health over two cropping seasons. Delaying cover crop termination during the spring, on no-tillage, irrigated farmland in the Arkansas Delta, did not negatively affect cash crop growth and development (including harvest yields) and may lead to further soil health benefits over long-term implementation of high biomass cover crop residues.