ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HAULM
Old English healm; related to Old Norse halmr, Old High German halm stem, straw, Latin culmus stalk, Greek kalamos reed, Old Slavonic slama straw.
WHAT DOES HAULM MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of haulm in the English dictionary
The definition of haulm in the dictionary is the stems or stalks of beans, peas, potatoes, grasses, etc, collectively, as used for thatching, bedding, etc. Other definition of haulm is a single stem of such a plant.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAULM»
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haulm in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
haulm and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The MPire Chronicles of the
Haulm Boys
The Chronicles of the Haulm Boys is the prelude to The MPire: In Search of the Lost.
2
Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London
of 1 cwt. 48 lbs. per acre. The produce was, large tubers 13 lbs. 14 oz., small
tubers 1 lb. 2 oz., total 15 lbs. The dry haulm weighed 3301 grains. The tubers
and haulm contained Tubers and Haulm. Water. Organic matter. Inorganic matter.
This could mean that the time of haulm destruction is crucial, because tubers
would age at different speeds before and after they lose contact with the mother
plant. It could also mean that treatments of the haulm (either with the aim of killing
it ...
Paul Christiaan Struik, Siert G. Wiersema, 1999
As a safeguard against blight, and to facilitate tuber-lifting later, potato haulm is
usually destroyed mechanically or with a herbicide at the beginning of
September. The main reason for the neglect in Britain of potato haulm as an
animal feeding ...
P.F. Fox, J. J. Condon, 1982
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Tracts relative to the island of St. Helena: written during ...
I have not yet completed my experiments upon the effect of cutting potatoe haulm
: but so confident of success do I feel, from the observations I have already made,
that I mean to adopt the practice upon a crop of two acres allotted expressly for ...
6
Potato in Progress: Science Meets Practice
Comparing the effects of chemical haulm desiccation and natural haulm
senescence in potato by the use of two different skin set methods Eldrid Lein
Molteberg Norwegian Crop Research Institute, Apelsvoll Research Centre, N-
2849 Kapp, ...
A. J. Haverkort, Paul Christiaan Struik, 2005
The late potatoes, which produce a haulm above three feet in height, are to be
placed five or six inches apart, centre from centre, in rows four or five feet
asunder. When potatoes are thus planted in rows point ing north and south, the
utmost ...
8
Growing Food: A Guide to Food Production
Haulm Haulm (sometimes spelled halm) is pronounced "horm" and is the name
given to the stems and leaves of crops, especially after harvesting. Haulm also
often includes the hull or husk, the outer coverings of the grains, especially of ...
9
Leaf Protein: And Its By-products in Human and Animal Nutrition
However, once the idea is accepted that there is something valuable in haulm,
prudent farmers will probably take haulm a little earlier as an added precaution
against blight. A trend towards earlier lifting is already foreseen in Britain (Ivins, ...
10
International Livestock Centre for Africa Annual Report 1988
Substituting cowpea haulm for cottonseed cake increased the calves' intake of
wheat straw and reduced their daily liveweight gain, but neither trend was
significant (Table 6). Table 6. Effect of substituting cowpea haulm for cottonseed
cake on ...
ILCA, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), International Livestock Centre for Africa, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAULM»
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haulm is used in the context of the following news items.
The Cotswolds brothers who grow your fresh peas
Picking is done 'mostly sitting down,' Martin explains, 'picking the pods off the haulm and putting them into trays, which are then chilled, packed ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
Cold wet weather halts growth
Products that have zoospore activity are the most effective 1st spray, applied at the rosette stage prior to rapid haulm growth. Shirlan or Tizca ... «Farming Life, Jun 15»
Tong Peal EasyClean HydroSep easily separates debris and stones …
The EasyClean Hydro-Sep is designed to be fed by crop straight from the field or storage, which commonly contains sand, soil, stones, haulm, ... «PotatoPro, Apr 15»
Tong Peal expands International Customer Base with two Large …
... with Tong Peal's market leading EasyClean separators for the effective removal of soil and haulm from carrots prior to the washing process. «PotatoPro, Mar 15»
Scotts Potato Machinery updates haulm topper
Lincolnshire firm Scotts Potato Machinery has updated its Trinity 6000 haulm topper. Originally designed in 2008, the 2015 version has been ... «FarmersWeekly, Jan 15»
Need for change drilled home at SAC Consulting potato day at Scone
The 'bad' aspects were linked to disease, particularly haulm and tuber blight which had in some cases led to soft rots. There had also been ... «The Courier, Jan 15»
Food Matters Aotearoa conference shows the way forward
Various uses of Roundup are increasing exponentially from desiccation of potato haulm to use on cut grass for silage for dairy winter feed. «Scoop.co.nz, Jan 15»
Herbert launches electric Variclean for process industry
The Herbert Variclean is designed for the removal of stone, clod and haulm. It offers a choice of spiral roller flight heights, an automated “eject” ... «PotatoPro, Oct 14»
AVR introduces Puma 3, its new and efficient four-row potato harvester
The new Rafale haulm topper is equipped with a new type of flail for even better topping in long-haulm crops. The topper is an oscillating model ... «PotatoPro, Oct 14»
Bamboo Could Turn The World's Construction Trade On Its Head
In contrast to wood, the bamboo culm or haulm – botanical terms for the stem of a grass – is thin and hollow. This allows it to move with the wind ... «Science 2.0, Sep 14»
