Cassava
By: by S.M. Tracy
Series: Farmers' bulletin / United States Department of Agriculture -- no. 167; Farmers' bulletin (United States. Department of Agriculture) -- no. 167
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Published: 1903
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Cassava
Notes: Cover title.
Table of contents: title: Varieties of plant : Leaves, flowers, and roots ; Better cassava ; Sweet cassava; title: Historical review : Use in feeding stock; title: Limit by frost region for growing; title: Soil and moisture requirements; title: Fertilizers : Constituents of cassava ; Kind and quantity of fertilizer ; Effectiveness of fertilizers; title: Preparation of the ground : crop rotation ; Plowing, marking and application of fertilizer ; Cassava in orchards; title: Planting the crop : Time of planting ; Cuttings used as seed ; Condition of seed canes ; Cutting the seed canes ; Use of sprouted canes ; Dropping and covering the canes; title: Cultivation; title: Diseases; title: Harvesting the crop : Saving the seed canes ; Digging the roots ; Storing the roots; title: Yield and profit : Production by the acre ; Unreliable estimates ; effect of poor stand of plants; title: Cassava as a stock feed : Feeding value as shown by analysis ; Feeding to cattle ; Feeding to hogs ; Feeding to poultry ; Use of factory waste as seed; title: Cassava for starch : Profits and market ; Supply of cassava roots at factory.