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 Maize - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
In North America, fields are often planted in a two-crop rotation with a nitrogen-fixing crop, often soybeans.
Corn smut or common smut (Ustilago maydis): a fungal disease, known in Mexico as huitlacoche, which is prized by some as a gourmet delicacy in itself.
Human consumption of corn and corn meal constitute only a very small percentage of the United States and Canada production, but in Mexico its use for human consumption is very important as it is the main ingredient for tortilla and many other dishes of Mexican food.
www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/m/a/i/Maize.html   (1691 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Agriculture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Irrigation, drainage, conservation and sanitary engineering, each of which is important in successful farming, are some of the fields requiring the specialized knowledge of agricultural engineers.
The invention of a three field system of crop rotation during in the Middle Ages vastly improved agricultural efficiency.
For example, average yields of corn (maize) in the USA have increased from around 2.5 tons per hectare (40 bushels per acre) in 1900 to about 9.4 t/ha (150 bushels per acre) in 2001, primarily due to improvements in genetics.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Agriculture   (2437 words)

  
 field, fielded, fields, fielding- WordWeb dictionary definition
Somewhere (away from a studio or office or library or laboratory) where practical work is done or data is collected
- discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge
"the army was in the field awaiting action"
www.wordwebonline.com /en/FIELD   (312 words)

  
 open pollinated field corn sources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The best of the best sites for open pollinated field corn sources on the web.
Read about open pollinated field corn sources in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
Find results for open pollinated field corn sources and anything else you are looking for instantly!
www.xtypa.com /open_pollinated_field_corn_sources.htm   (227 words)

  
 Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns - Book Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
There are descriptive quilt names like Eccentric Star, Drunkard's Trail and Sawtooth Diamond and there are lovely sounding names like Bright Hopes, Prairie Sunrise and True Lovers Knot.
There are names about places; Road to California, Baltimore Belle, Missouri Corn Field and Kansas Dust Storm.
While Broken Saw Blades, Old Gray Goose and Crows Foot sound just plain down to earth.
www.womenfolk.com /quilt_books/ency.htm   (332 words)

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