...LITERARY ANALYSIS OF “The Corn Planting” Author: Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) is often called “the mid-American Chekhov” Title: The title suggests that characters in the story plant corn on a farm. Setting: A farm on Scratch Gravel Road in spring time. Point of view: First person point of view. Central Conflict: The old couple struggle to get over the terrible pain and grief because of the death of their only son. Plot: A man and a woman have a son late in their life. They are farmers and attached to their land and work of planting. When their son grows up he goes to live in the city and dies at a young age. The couple try to get over their loss through their connection to nature and understanding of the cycles of life and death. Introduction: Hatch and his attachment to the earth is introduced through his family story. Hatch’s father becomes invalid when Hatch is still a child. At a very young age he had to develop a relationship with nature and the cycles of birth and death. Inciting incident: It occurs with the death of their son. Development: Hatch is a very good farmer and he likes his farm very much and he marries a school teacher and they have a son called Will. Will goes to Chicago to study. His parents miss him very much. They become preoccupied with reading their son’s letters. After their son dies in a traffic accident they are able to incorporate their loss in to their perspective of cycles of nature. Climax: It is when Hall goes to...
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...Farm Entrepreneurship Perennial Crop: Grafted Mango (carabao) In planting mango, grafted seedlings were used in a 5 m x 5 m square system. Seventy percent of the one hectare given land will be allotted. The land preparation involved clearing the land and applying basal fertilizer. Weeding and application of pesticide were also done. The total land preparation lasted for a week including the planting of the grafted mango seedlings. The maintenance of the mango plantation involves: fertilizer application quarterly, insecticide and pesticide application bianually, and weeding every week. The crops were projected to be harvested twice a year after three years from planting. BREAKDOWN OF COSTS Year 1 Land Preparation (1 week) 280 seedlings of mango (P85) = P 23,800 5 laborers (MANDAY= 250 php) =P 11,250 Complete fertilizer= P 1250 Mowing= P 2550.20 Diesel (4 L at P31.10/L )= P 124.40 Sevin= P 550 Round up= P 1850 Total Cost: P 41,374. 60 Remaining 51 weeks: Fertilizer application (quarterly): P 1250 x 3 = P 3750 Insecticide application (biannually): P 550 Herbicide application (biannually): P 1850 Labor (weekly; 5 laborers): P 1250 x 51 x 5 = P 318,750 Total Cost: P 324, 900 Total Cost: P 41,374.60 + P 324, 900 = P 366, 274.60 Year 2-5 (Maintenance of Plantation) Fertilizer application (quarterly): P 1250 x 4 x 4 yrs= P 20, 000 Insecticide application (biannually): P 550 x 2 = P 1,100 Herbicide application (biannually): P 1850 x 2 = P 3,700 Labor...
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...the main large grain planting countries. Corn is one of our main grain. Corn planting quantity has large impact on corn processing equipment. So we need to improve the plowland quality and size to ensure the raw material supply for the corn processing equipment. Now, China’s plowland has the following features: 1. The plowland quality is too low. It is reported that, our plowland quality is declining year by year. This impacts the supply material quality of the corn processing equipment. Among our plowland, the lower level and medium level of powland has a large proportion. So it is necessary for us to improve the current plowland quality. 2. Part of the upper level plowland overlaps with the vital areas of the city development plan. China has a large population. And many economic development areas occupy the qualified plowland. This can help the CORN PROCESSING EQUIPMENT manufacturers develop. 3. There has the problem of remarkable regional difference for the plowland quality. Regional difference phenomenon causes unbalanced development state of corn processing equipment in different areas. Plowland quality has important impact on agricultural equipments, such as corn processing equipment and other corn processing equipment. Good plowland can improve the grain yield and quality to ensure the supply for corn processing equipment and the machine’s quality. Therefore, we should protect the plowland quality, and realize better development of corn processing equipment...
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...Raised beds work best because you get deeper fertile soil, and more planting area by making the center a hill. You will need to use organic fertilizers, compost, and mulch to keep the nutrients in your soil balanced. You can buy organic fertilizers, but you risk getting a product that is not 100% naturally organic. Your best approach is to use everyday items from around your home to fertilize your garden. The list of items you can use for fertilizer is huge, here are a few things you can use, your compost will enjoy them as...
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...|Managing Cover Crops Profitably, 3rd Edition | | | | | |Although typically grown as a cash grain, winter wheat can provide most of the cover crop benefits of other cereal crops, as well as a grazing option prior to spring| | |tiller elongation. It’s less likely than barley or rye to become a weed and is easier to kill. Wheat also is slower to mature than some cereals, so there is no rush | | |to kill it early in spring and risk compacting soil in wet conditions. It is increasingly grown instead of rye because it is cheaper and easier to manage in spring. | | |Whether grown as a cover crop or for grain, winter wheat adds rotation options for underseeding a legume (such as red clover or sweet-clover) for forage or nitrogen.| | |It works well in no-till or reduced-tillage systems, and for weed control in potatoes grown with irrigation in semiarid regions. | | |[pic] | | |BENEFITS ...
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...agricultural products. The public attitude towards corn based ethanol is influenced by many different subjects like, the effects of production on the environment, the effects on local economies, and the effects on the national food prices. Focusing on corn based ethanol there are considerations to take into effect such as the benefits of ethanol, the problems or concerns with ethanol, the political involvement with ethanol, and the effect of ethanol on the economy. The Ethanol Environment Ethanol is a renewable resource that is produced from many agricultural products such as corn, which can be blended into many different proportions of gasoline. The public attitude towards corn based ethanol is influenced by many different subjects. The overall plan for ethanol was good but took a wrong turn and has caused damage as a result. As stated by Michelle Heath, “there are no known environmental hazards that have to do with ethanol.” Ethanol does not only make our vehicles friendlier to the environmental it also has other impacts. Considering our total energy use, including building, heating and electricity, the savings from the use of biofuels is two-thirds greater than using gasoline (Dewsbury, 2009). With the increased demand for corn, to produce ethanol, the rise in the extremely low corn prices increased farmers’ incomes. With a demand not only in our own country for corn the increase on taxes for importing corn would also increase farmers’ incomes. Ethanol...
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...MWA NOMOGRAPH: DIARY FOR BAHAMAS’ GROWERS, 2013 (A PUBLICATION OF MICHAEL WALLACE AND ASSOCIATES) wallacemichael1945@gmail.com By Mike Wallace B. S. (Agr), B. S. (Chem), Member, American Chemical Society “Every garden is a chore sometimes, but no real garden is nothing but a chore” Grasby, 1986 Almanac “Unless you are faithful in small matters, you will not be faithful in large ones.” Luke 16:10 Michael Wallace Apt 2 Tivoli Gardens West Atlantic Drive P.O.Box H-45077 242-351-8248 (H); 242-442-2141 (Cell) Freeport, Grand Bahama Bahamas CONTENTS OF YOUR GROWER’S DIARY • (Unofficial) List of Public Holidays for 2013 • Composite Calendar for 2013 • Suggested Annual Growers’ Garden/Farm Plan • Development: Planning for Changes • Directory • Emergency Preparedness for Hurricane Season, 2013 • Farm Credit and Farm Assistance Opportunities • Preparing the Garden Area • Table of General/Average Monthly Weather Conditions • Herbicides/Weed Killers • Make 2013 a Year of Prayer for Self, For Families, For Communities, and for Our Country • Identification and Management of Common Crop Pests • Listing of Contacts (UNOFFICIAL) PUBLIC HOLIDAYS FOR 2012 - New Year’s Day …… 1st January - Good Friday …….. 29th March - Easter Monday …….....
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...The Phil Philster Indian Tribe BY: GIO The Phil Philster tribe lives in Arizona on the mountains. The leader of the tribe is Phill. He has a son named woods. Phil and his son got along really well. Phil and woods live in a dome . Everybody Else lived in a teepee. The whole tribe lives off of meat. In fact that’s all they eat. One year,his tribe couldn’t find any meat. They searched every inch of the forest. Still no meat. They didn’t know what to do. They still had about ten pounds of meat. The women started planting corn, and only 7 LBS. were made.All the men went to go pick berries, but then most berries were poisonous! Men went fishing . There was a little fish. They moved south because it got very cold. As they started...
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...demand in food. One of the main drivers has been the consumption of food in rapidly developing nations China and India. Rising consumption in meat leads to more demand in corn to feed animals. However farmers have been producing corn and soy beans for other reasons, mainly to create bio-fuels out of them. And to make matters even worse, governments are seeing bio-fuel as a solution for the increasing global warming situation. They are making a solution for global warming and creating another problem food is getting more expensive. The reason behind this is because farmers get subsidies from the government thus leaving the production of their crops as food behind. This makes it more expensive for other farmers to feed animals that will later lead to food in the market. These are 2 big problems that are happening right now because we want to protect the environment but we all know that we do not want to go hungry doing it. What is unfortunate in this situation is that high tariffs are shutting out producers of alternative products that can be turned into bio-fuels, most notable sugar cane, from the U.S. and EU. One of the most notably sugar cane producers (Brazil) confronts import tariffs of about 25% in the U.S. and 50% in the EU. These import tariffs raise the price of sugar and makes it uncompetitive with corn and soy beans thus breaking the chance of converting sugar into bio-fuels and ethanol. It is an unfortunate situation because sugar is seen as a more environmental friendly...
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...makeup. “Such as with the “Flavr Savr”, a delayed-ripening tomato by a company named Calgene (a company by Monsanto Inc.).” Most genetic modification focuses on “cash crops” in high demand such as soybean, corn, canola, and cottonseed. They are engineered for resistance to pathogens and herbicides. In America at least 90% of our corn is genetically modified. Europe has banned American apples from being imported. Monsanto recently produced a GM apple that does not brown. This can be bad for the environment since worms among other species depend on decaying plant matter that we throw away. Several countries including: New Zealand Ireland Japan Austria Hungary Greece Bulgaria And Luxemburg have either introduced new laws requiring GMO labeling, or have banned GMOS altogether due to controversy surrounding the issue. India, a country whose government has embraced the use of genetically modified seeds placed a last minute ban on GM eggplant just before it was scheduled to begin being planted in 2010. However, farmers were widely encouraged to plant Monsanto’s GM cotton and it has led to devastating results. The UK’s Daily Mail reports that an estimated 125,000 farmers have committed suicide because of crop failure and massive debt since planting the seeds. The widespread planting of Monsanto’s GM cotton has led to tragedy throughout India. The Indian government even banned conventional seed from many government seed banks in an attempt to please Monsanto. In return the country was...
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...With the improving of the science and technology, the development of CORN FLOUR MILL is becoming more and more quickly. In recent years the development of corn flour mill in China has showed a trend of rising. Below we together take a look at reasons of China's rapid development of corn flour mill. First of all, people’s living standard increases demands for more diversity of food, which requires constant improvement of the new technology. Corn flour mill is also growing up. Secondly, with the continuous development of industry, industrial land is increasing, occupied a large number of cultivation land. Therefore, it is necessary to make use of corn flour mill. Corn flour mill can be used to produce more kinds of food and industrial supplies, which expands value of corn as the planting area shrinks. To sum up, people's pursuit for food and reduction of land area boost development of corn flour mill. The development of corn flour mill effectively meets diversified demands for food as well as improves the use value of corn. Corn flour mill can produce different types of corn products, bringing benefits for the enterprise. However, do you understand structure and technology of corn flour mill? Below, corn processing machinery manufacturers explain to us grinding roller of corn grinder. Roller is one of the major components in corn flour mill. In production you must do a good job of maintaining roller. Damaged grinding roller must be changed in time in avoidance of big...
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...First, what is CORN CLEANING MACHINE ? Corn cleaning machine refers to the TQSF single gravity destoner machine here. The gravity destoner machine is the most ideal corn cleaning machine in the world. TQSF corn cleaning machine has the dual functions of classifying and stone removing. It includes screening, classifying, stone removing and winnowing. In recent years, the people looking for investment chances are more and more. Corn and grain, as the necessary part in our daily life, will definitely attract more attentions. Therefore, corn cleaning machine will be a thriving industry. Investment in this industry will be a wise choice. Maybe you are not strange to corn cleaning machine. As the corn and grain planting superpower, China exports large quantity of food each year. This will be the booster for the corn cleaning machine development. Current corn cleaning machine is well received by the people for its advance corn cleaning machine and grain processing equipment, automatic control system and continuous innovation. Then, let's analyze corn cleaning machine in Africa. We take corn cleaning machine as the example. In Africa, corn cleaning machine is among the most traditional and necessary units. Taking into consideration the African market needs and market requirement, corn cleaning machine is considered to become more and more popular. It can not only be established at a lower cost but is versatile as well - since maize flour can be obtained from it for commercial...
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...Corn is a feed grain that is used heavily in the United States, primarily in the animal nutrition and biofuels industries. The corn growing region of the United States, called the Corn Belt, is comprised of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Nebraska, Kansas, Minnesota, and Missouri. Because of the surplus of supply, corn in the Corn Belt will have a much lower basis value than corn in deficit states. Planting typically begins in April and continues through June. Harvest begins in the second half of October and will conclude by November. Corn growing is dependent on the weather, needing the proper amount of rain, sun, and heat for optimum results. Too much rain, sun, or heat can be just as damaging as too little rain, sun or heat. Prices are highly sensitive to speculation in the growing season. “New Crop” corn is referred to the corn that is currently on the ground or the upcoming harvest. The United States is the largest exporter of corn (48 mmt), with Brazil, Argentina, and Ukraine following (33, 28 and 20 mmt, respectively). Although those countries are smaller contributors, they are still a major influence on corn markets and the...
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...1. Describe the effects of the ECB infestations you used. Were all corn varieties equally effective at controlling the ECB? How do you know? -For the first experiment I used the Super harvest non-BT crop with a low infestation. When I measured my kernels I found that I had: 159.1 in Pot 1, 155.0 in Pot 2, and 157.5 in Pot 3. When I used the BT 123 Corn and used a high infestation I found that my numbers became much higher: 155.1 in Pot 1, 163.0 in Pot 2, and 163.9 in Pot 3. During my second experiment I used a different type of corn called Golden crop non-BT crop, but this time I did not use an infestation, and my numbers were very high. I had 181.6 in Pot 1, 182.8 in Pot 2, and 189.8 in Pot 3. By Day 140 using the BT 123 corn with a low infestation I found: 164.0 was the weight in Pot 1, 162.6 in Pot 2, and 168.3 in Pot 3. Whether all corn varieties were effective in controlling the ECB (European Corn Borer), I feel that it handled them well. The weight off the ears of corn explains it all. I still came out with wonderful numbers once I weighed them. 2. If there was no ECB infestation in a certain year, would a farmer gain or lose financially by planting Bt corn? Explain why. - From my experiment I can see that without the infestation the farmer would definitely gain financially. This is because the farmer would not have to worry about the depletion in the corn (meaning there would be more corn on an ear). The numbers were surprisingly big even with the...
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...AGRI-PINOY CORN PROGRAM Print Email Corn is the second most important crop in the Philippines. About 14 million Filipinos prefer white corn as their main staple and yellow corn accounts for about 50% of livestock mixed feeds. Some 600,000 farm households depend on corn as a major source of livelihood, in addition to transport services, traders, processors and agricultural input suppliers who directly benefit from corn production, processing, marketing and distribution. Corn is also processed into high value products, such as cornstarch, corn syrups, corn oil, gluten and snack foods. The Department of Agriculture’s Agri-Pinoy Corn Program aims to increase production of quality corn and also cassava for human consumption, feeds and industrial uses, as well as empower the farmers and increase their income, thereby improving their quality of life. Overall strategy is to fast track the expansion of hybrid corn, cassava and other feed crops production to achieve food and feed self-sufficiency, enhance the competitiveness of the domestic livestock and poultry sectors through cheaper feed inputs as well as generate jobs in rural communities. Program Components I. PRODUCTION SUPPORT SERVICES Activities under this component are geared towards showcasing cost—reducing technologies which are efficient, effective, and economical towards global competitiveness and productivity. A. White Corn Seed Production and Exchange Subsidy Production and distribution of quality registered...
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