. Agriculture, its fundamental principles. Agriculture. FIELD, ORCHARD, AND GARDEN CROPS 147 wheat supply of the world. Unfertilized, it averages twenty-four bushels to the acre. The average production of the United States is only thirteen bushels, though forty is not an uncommon yield. The yield to the acre of the rockv New England farms is twice as larcje as the. 'G WllEAl Al-TER COKN fertile wheat lands of the West, because the eastern farmers pre- pare and fertilize the seed bed better. Cultivation. — Thorough preparation of the soil is important for two reasons: it is a sowed crop,
. Agriculture, its fundamental principles. Agriculture. FIELD, ORCHARD, AND GARDEN CROPS 147 wheat supply of the world. Unfertilized, it averages twenty-four bushels to the acre. The average production of the United States is only thirteen bushels, though forty is not an uncommon yield. The yield to the acre of the rockv New England farms is twice as larcje as the. 'G WllEAl Al-TER COKN fertile wheat lands of the West, because the eastern farmers pre- pare and fertilize the seed bed better. Cultivation. — Thorough preparation of the soil is important for two reasons: it is a sowed crop, and all its cultivation must be given before it is seeded; it is a weak-feeding plant which has little ])ower to get food for itself; it needs to have the soil fertile and mellow, — in condition to furnish it food. Wheat requires a firm seed bed to give root hold and to bring up water and food by capillarity. It needs, also, a line, mellow. 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 Soule, Andrew MacNairn. [from old catalog]; Turpin, Edna Henry Lee, 1867-1952, joint author. Richmond, Atlanta [etc. ] B. F. Johnson publishing company
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