. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing;. Corn. DISCS 155 ue of the disc. The agricultural press has been urging the corn grow ers to use it freely. Because the blades cut deeply into the newly turned-up mold, the spaces between the larger lumps of earth are reduced and the whole mass settles down more closely to the sub- soil. The full-bladed disc harrow for the general purpose of pulverizing and loosening the ground is the best tool yet devised. It has the ad vantage of being suitable for use on either sod, stubble or corn stalk lands. The cutaway and spading discs are also us
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing;. Corn. DISCS 155 ue of the disc. The agricultural press has been urging the corn grow ers to use it freely. Because the blades cut deeply into the newly turned-up mold, the spaces between the larger lumps of earth are reduced and the whole mass settles down more closely to the sub- soil. The full-bladed disc harrow for the general purpose of pulverizing and loosening the ground is the best tool yet devised. It has the ad vantage of being suitable for use on either sod, stubble or corn stalk lands. The cutaway and spading discs are also used in a more limited way, the former being adapted for cultivating hay lands, the latter more especially for corn stalk FLANKER. Used in smoothing and packing. Discing spring plowing is a common practice among the farmers of the corn belt. Often heavy rains run the surface particles to- gether to such an extent that a tooth harrow is incapable of loosening them. Grain stubble which has been plowed the previous fall re- quires at least two discings before it is in shape to plant. The disc may be set deeper the first time than the second. Disc- ing both lengthwise and crosswise leaves no surface unturned. Fall- plowed sod should be disced very early in the spring because. First, the loosening of the surface admits air into the sod to de- compose the organic matter, which lies next to the bottom of the furrow. Because of this action, plant food is rendered available. Second. The physical condition of the soil being finer, the whole mass settles more closely upon the sub-soil, reuniting the capillary tubes and conducting moisture from the greater depths to the surface. Third. Weeds which have started to grow are Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bowman, Melville Le Roy, 1881- [
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