. Elements of Philippine agriculture. Agriculture. lOO PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE regularly with a seed drill that the latter method is the cheaper. The depth to which the grain should be planted de- pends upon the wetness of the soil, and the weather. When conditions are as they should be, it will germinate well and grow if planted 8 cm deep. In wet soil the plant- ins: should be shallower. If in very wet soil, the grain will germinate best if planted only 2 cm deep; but maize so shallowly planted will not grow well. Therefore, it is best not to plant at all when the soil is very wet. Hills. IMai
. Elements of Philippine agriculture. Agriculture. lOO PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURE regularly with a seed drill that the latter method is the cheaper. The depth to which the grain should be planted de- pends upon the wetness of the soil, and the weather. When conditions are as they should be, it will germinate well and grow if planted 8 cm deep. In wet soil the plant- ins: should be shallower. If in very wet soil, the grain will germinate best if planted only 2 cm deep; but maize so shallowly planted will not grow well. Therefore, it is best not to plant at all when the soil is very wet. Hills. IMaize is planted either in hills or drills. A hill is made up of several plants in a group; it should be perfectly level with the rest of the ground, at the time of planting. When the seed is planted in hills on fairly good ground, the hills should be I meter apart. There should be 3 plants in each hill; so pull out all plants above that number, letting the best ones stand. On poor ground, it may be better to put the hills farther apart; and on very rich ground there may be 4 plants in a hill. The hills should be in straight rows in both directions, if the land is level. If the land is very sloping, the hills should be in rows which keep. ill., yo. i\iuiz(' m ine riiiiippiiir Aoi'- mal School garden — cultivated. 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 Copeland, Edwin Bingham, 1873- [from old catalog]. Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y. , and Manila, World book company
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