Elements of farm practice, prepared Elements of farm practice, prepared especially for teaching elementary agriculture; elementsoffarmpr01wils Year: 1915 CULTIVATED CROPS 87 by thorough cultivation, that yields of from 20 to 40 tons may be secured. Deep plowing, preferably in the fall, to the depth of from 8 to 12 inches is desirable for roots. This should be followed by very thorough disking the following spring. The land may and should be disked several times be- fore the roots are plant- ed. Soon after corn- planting is best time to sow roots but rutabagas and turnips may be sown as late a
Elements of farm practice, prepared Elements of farm practice, prepared especially for teaching elementary agriculture; elementsoffarmpr01wils Year: 1915 CULTIVATED CROPS 87 by thorough cultivation, that yields of from 20 to 40 tons may be secured. Deep plowing, preferably in the fall, to the depth of from 8 to 12 inches is desirable for roots. This should be followed by very thorough disking the following spring. The land may and should be disked several times be- fore the roots are plant- ed. Soon after corn- planting is best time to sow roots but rutabagas and turnips may be sown as late as midsum- mer. Root crops are usually planted in drills from 24 to 30 inches apart, with 6 or 8 seeds per foot of drill. Then later the plants are thinned so that they stand from 6 to 8 inches apart in the drill. The cultivation may be done by wheel hand hoes when the plants are small and later by horse cultivators. Some hand weeding, thin- ning and hoeing must always be done. Clean and thorough cultivation is necessary. Harvesting.—Root crops must be harvested betore there is danger of freezing weather. Ordinary white frost does not injure root crops. Root diggers may be used, or a furrow plowed with a common plow beside a row of roots greatly reduces the labor of pulhng. Roots must be topped usually by hand and stored where they will not freeze but where the temperature is comparatively low. Questions: . , • , • i 1. Tell if you can why the crops nientioned in this lesson are called root croj)s. , j_ c 4. ^ 2. Under what conditions is it advisable to grow roots for stock feed? Figure 40.—Cutting vegetable roots for feed
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