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Crops

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = TD

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Station Scenes in Western New South Wales, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/649
Scope and Contents

Photographs of Station scenes in Western New South Wales, Australia in the late 19th or early 20th century. 1. Across the Murrumbridge at Canally; 2. 100 tons wheaten hay, grown in irrigation area at Tarcoola; 3. Tapro - old head station; 4. Mr. James Granter, inspector and surveyor for the Western Land Board; 5. Lucerne growing in paddock at Tarcoola Station, Went[?].

Dates: 1870s-1930s

The Purchase of Pests, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1366
Scope and Contents

Photograph and illustration of different types of pests that affect wheat: Italian Eye-Grass, diseased wheat and Rust.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Thrashing corn and wheat in India, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/757
Scope and Contents

Photograph of bullocks thrashing corn and wheat in Kapur, India by 'trodding under the feet. - BDK'.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Washing Salt Land the Egyptian Way, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1174
Scope and Contents

Illustration of a plan showing the Egyptian way in which barren salt land is laid out to be washed to make it fertile and capable of growing crops. A handwritten note on the slide says to 'see page 428 R[obert] W[alace]'s South African book.'

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Weight and Average Composition of Ordinary Crops in Pounds Per Acre, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/2936
Scope and Contents

Table of information comparing the weight and average composition of ordinary crops in pounds per acre.

Dates: 1870s-1930s

Weight and Average Composition of Ordinary Crops in Pounds Per Acre, 1870s-1930s

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/3167
Scope and Contents

Table of information on weight and average composition of ordinary crops in pounds per acre in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1870s-1930s