. Farm crops; a practical treatise on the growing of American field crops: containing brief and popular advice on the seeding, cultivating, handling and marketing of farm crops, and on the management of lands for the largest returns. roper germination and to getthe plant going rightly that it may pass throughthe winter without danger or injury. In case thesoil is mellow, and loose, and the season more orless dry, a good rolling often will help out verymuch to start germination. If the rolling is doneafter seeding just as soon as the moisture begins toleave the soil run the peg-tooth harrow ove
. Farm crops; a practical treatise on the growing of American field crops: containing brief and popular advice on the seeding, cultivating, handling and marketing of farm crops, and on the management of lands for the largest returns. roper germination and to getthe plant going rightly that it may pass throughthe winter without danger or injury. In case thesoil is mellow, and loose, and the season more orless dry, a good rolling often will help out verymuch to start germination. If the rolling is doneafter seeding just as soon as the moisture begins toleave the soil run the peg-tooth harrow over theground. This will make a mulch, the moisture inthe soil will be held and the crop will push vigor-ously forward. Fertilizing Wheat Lands.—Practically everyform of fertilizer is applied to wheat lands. Somelike raw bone meal, tankage and basic slag as car-riers of phosphoric acid, because they feel these 256 FAKAT (KOrS materials ate Ixsl for llic grass (r()])S that of soda as a source of nitrogen is excellent,but the best lime for adding it is in the spring whenvigorous growth will be secured in case the crophas gone through the winter ])oorly. Whennitrate of soda is used in the fall, it is usually mixed. WHEAT riKADER In aomo wheat dlslrlcts lli(» luuids only are cllppod lu^ads ar(! carried hy iiicariH of an (dc^valor tothe macliliie to (he header- ]»(>xeM oi- waKoiS tliat tiavid alon^;Willi tJH^ iiiacliiiie. Wlieii one waKoii l)ox is lllled aiiotiior ro-idaecM il. Ilie delaclied iieads are liaiijed (o IIk^ stoia^** placeand .stacliecl iiiitll tlinc. JJy iisiiiK tlie header only part of tln! straw iictuls to ho handled. with other fertilizing materials. Muriate of potashis perhai)S the cheapest source of potassium. Whether to use factory mixed goods or completefertilizers will depend ui)on circumstances. Somefarmers have already tested their lands and knowwhether a comj^lete fertilizer is needed or not. If
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