Cultivated Plants of the Farm

In this 1948 book, Dr Bell gives an account of all cultivated farm plants in Britain at the time.

G. D. H. Bell (Author)

9781107662797, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 30 June 2011

292 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.7 cm, 0.37 kg

In this 1948 book, of which the scope and treatment are quite unique, Dr Bell gives an account of all cultivated farm plants in Britain at the time. In the first chapters he deals with general matters. Then, in the main part of the book he describes individually the different crop plants and their place in British agriculture, directing special attention to grasses and grassland. Crops are grouped according to their botanical relationship, and the botanical characters that give economic importance are described. The foundations of the book are, therefore, botanical; but the practical agricultural outcome is never lost sight of, nor are the wider implications, the importance of crops to the development of civilised life and modern standards of living. Crop improvement is discussed throughout the book, and a special chapter is devoted to seed stocks and improved varieties and strains. The book is illustrated with 36 photographs.

Preface
1. The beginning and development of the cultivation of crop plants
2. Crop plants in relation to the growing and economic conditions
3. British crop husbandry
4. The rotation of crops
5. Grasses and grassland
6. Grass species and strains
7. The cereals
8. Wheat
9. Barley
10. Oats
11. Rye and mixed cereal crops
12. Leguminous plants: seed and forage types
13. Leguminous plants: herbage types
14. Brassicas
15. Potatoes
16. Sugar beet and mangolds
17. Miscellaneous crop plants
18. Seed stocks and improved varieties and strains
Index.

Subject Areas: Botany & plant sciences [PST]