. The American farmer's hand-book ... Agriculture. 48 farmer's hand-book. repeatedly performed to grain crops in the spring months, as long as it can be continued without breaking the stems. A heavy roller is essential to the success of corn in tenacious soils, by closing up the fissures which dry weather occasions, and is useful for breaking down clods on fallows, in aid of tlie harrow, which then more easily separates them, and disengages weeds, bringing them to the surface. If the roller be heavy, —as it ought to be, in order to be really useful, — and require two horses, they should not be
. The American farmer's hand-book ... Agriculture. 48 farmer's hand-book. repeatedly performed to grain crops in the spring months, as long as it can be continued without breaking the stems. A heavy roller is essential to the success of corn in tenacious soils, by closing up the fissures which dry weather occasions, and is useful for breaking down clods on fallows, in aid of tlie harrow, which then more easily separates them, and disengages weeds, bringing them to the surface. If the roller be heavy, —as it ought to be, in order to be really useful, — and require two horses, they should not be in line, unless the roller be constructed with only single shafts; independently of tlie disadvantageous tipplication of power in this case, the trampling of eight legs, instead of four, in the same track, will make, under particular circumstances, impressions which the roller will not so readily remove as if only the footsteps of a single horse in the track were imbedded. This is, of course, perfectly immaterial in preparing fallows for the succeeding plough and harrow, hough it may be of some wei^^.tt in the case of sown crops, where the surface is not to be stirred ag3 u. Fig. On grass lands heavy rolling is highly efficacious, particularly if the surface has been rendered uneven by the treading of cattle, or by any other causes. On dry, absorbent land, when under grass, rolling will be most use- ful after rain, if not so immoderate as to cause injury from the feet of the animals during the process; and the earlier in the morning the better, in order to destroy vermin. Meadows are served by rolling immediately after the hay is removed, in order to press the seeds that had been diffused over. 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 O'Neill, F. W. , ed; Williams, H. L. , ed. New York, R. W
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