A First Report on the Relations Between Climates and Crops (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Cleveland Abbe

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ISBN 10: 1331960681 ISBN 13: 9781331960683

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from A First Report on the Relations Between Climates and Crops

The very extensive problem suggested by the title of this report involves, first, a general study of meteorology in its relations to vegetable and animal life; second, the determination of the effect of climate upon the growth and distribution of staple crops; third, the determination of the climatic conditions and the localities best suited to the growth of special varieties of plants and seeds; fourth, the statistics of the extent of the areas best adapted to each of the more important crops; fifth, the separate and the combined effects of tem perature, rainfall, and sunshine, both in their normal and abnormal proportions, upon the annual yields of the staple cr0ps. But such study necessitates great labor and much time, andas the first step in any such investigation consists in the critical examination of the work already done by others, in order to prevent unnecessary dupli cation and avoid the troubles that others have experienced, therefore the reader must consider this first report as only a brief introduction to our knowledge of the relations between climates and crops.

Three ways are generally recognized as affording our only methods of advancing our knowledge of our subject, Viz, physiological, experi mental, and statistical. I shall therefore endeavor to present the question of climates and Crops from these three points of View.

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Excerpt from A First Report on the Relations Between Climates and Crops Sir: I have the honor to submit the manuscript of a first report, by Prof. Cleveland Abbe, on the Relations Between Climates and Crops, and to recommend its publication as a bulletin of the Weather Bureau. This paper is not designed as an original investigation, but as a summary of the views of the best experimentalists and observers, so far as those had been published up to 1891. A continuation of this study, bringing the subject up to date, is contemplated: but as the publication of this first portion has been frequently requested, it seems wise not to delay. The author has intended to notice only those investigations that have given precise information as to specific plants or crops and specific localities, and has made a thorough search of all the more important literature, in so far as it was accessible to him: it is believed that the numerous extracts given by him will be gratefully received by those who have not access to the same volumes. The work is prepared with the idea that it will be especially useful to the teachers of the agricultural colleges and the investigators of the agricultural experiinent stations. Therefore only a limited edition is recommended. As the memoir points out the importance of a climatic laboratory and the methods that must be pursued in order to evolve new varieties of crop plants adapted to social climatic conditions, I can but consider that you will recognize this memoir as a proper contribution to agriculture from the Weather Bureau. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish o

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1331960681
• ISBN 13: 9781331960683
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392