. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Further Experiments on the Economic Value of Root Crops 563 nection with root culture comes after the bunching. The worker must stoop or kneel, and pull or cut out all but the best plant in each bunch. Hand weeders to assist the fingers and some kind of pads to protect the knees are useful in this task. Hand weeding and thinning should immedi- ately
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Further Experiments on the Economic Value of Root Crops 563 nection with root culture comes after the bunching. The worker must stoop or kneel, and pull or cut out all but the best plant in each bunch. Hand weeders to assist the fingers and some kind of pads to protect the knees are useful in this task. Hand weeding and thinning should immedi- ately follow bunching. As soon as the surviving plants straighten, the horse cultivator should be used to loosen the soil tramped down in the thinning process and to kill the weeds left midway between the rows. The soil may be stirred several inches deep at first, but as the season advances the cultivations should be more shallow so as not to harm the roots of the growing plants,. Fig. 157.—Hand labor is needed for harvesling mangels. The tops are wrung off and left on the ground for manure and should cease when the leaves touch one another across the rows. If weeds appear after the first weeding, hand hoeing or hand pulling may be resorted to. This task will be light if the first weeding has been thorough. Harvesting and storing.— Mangels should be harvested before wintry weather begins, but light frosts do not harm them. Late October or early November is the season when most root crops are harvested and stored. Mangels grow mainly above ground and are pulled by hand. The tops should be wrung off, not cut. If the roots are large, crates or baskets will be of no advantage in handling them; an open wagon box is the handiest carrier for transporting them from the field. If stored in a root cellar or in a pit out of doors, ventilation should be given until severe weather sets in, for the roots sweat when first stored. The mangels should keep until the following summer if stored pro
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