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CONTENTS 



612 ; Distilling, 613 ; Malting and brewing, 614. Other 

 Uses of Cereals : Rye straw for drinking purposes, 615 ; 

 Other uses of rye, 616. 



CHAPTER XXI 

 CEREALS IN COMMERCE ....... 



Bulk handling of grain, 617 ; Handling in bags, 618 ; 

 Immediate marketing, 619 ; Farm storage, 620 ; Local 

 markets, 621 ; Line elevators, 622 ; Terminal elevators, 

 623 ; Floating elevators, 624 ; The modern elevators, 625 ; 

 Commercial classes of grains, 626 ; Difficulties of com- 

 mercial classification, 627 ; Grading, 628 ; Standardiz- 

 ing grades, 629 ; The moisture content, 630 ; Testing the 

 moisture, 631 ; Inspection, 632 ; Exchange operations, 

 633 ; Selling by sample for cash, 634 ; Sales for future 

 delivery, 635; Hedging, 636; Bulls and bears, 637'; 

 Corners in grain, 638 ; Grain centers, 639 ; Transporta- 

 tion, 640; The grain exports of this country, 641. 



563-578 



PAET IV. BUCKWHEAT AND RICE 



CHAPTER XXII 



BUCKWHEAT . 581-699 



The root, 642 ; The plant, 643 ; The flowers, 644 ; 

 The buckwheat kernel, 645 ; Classification, 646 ; Varie- 

 ties of buckwheat, 647 ; Comparison of varieties, 648 ; 

 Minor varieties, 649 ; Production and distribution, 650 ; 

 Production in Europe, 651. Improvement: Introduc- 

 tion, 652 ; Selection, 653 ; Correlation of characters, 654 ; 

 Soil relations, 655; Climatic relations, 656. Cultiva- 

 tion : Seed cleaning and grading, 657 ; Preparation of 

 soil, 658 ; Fertilizers, 659 ; Time of seeding, 660 ; The 

 rate of seeding, 661 ; Harvesting, 662 ; Thrashing, 663 ; 

 Rotations, 664 ; Buckwheat as a soil renovator, 665 ; 

 Weeds, 666 ; Fungous and insect parasites, 667. Uses 

 of Buckwheat : Feeding value of buckwheat, 668 : Buck- 

 wheat as a food for live-stock, 669 ; Buckwheat as 

 human food, 670; Milling buckwheat, 671. 



