. Dry farming in western Canada . Fig. 66.—Cultivating Corn, Gladstone. Man. The corn crop is replacing a part of the fallow on some farms. made to serve the purpose of weed destruction, hi others it is used largely because it enables the farmer to make a more economical distribution of the season's activities. Whatever its purpose in the mind of the man planning it. the results of fallowing, when properly carried out, are that (1) the field contains more moisture than other- wise, (2) many weeds have been killed. (3) a large amount of availdbh plant food has been accumulated, (4) the decay of
. Dry farming in western Canada . Fig. 66.—Cultivating Corn, Gladstone. Man. The corn crop is replacing a part of the fallow on some farms. made to serve the purpose of weed destruction, hi others it is used largely because it enables the farmer to make a more economical distribution of the season's activities. Whatever its purpose in the mind of the man planning it. the results of fallowing, when properly carried out, are that (1) the field contains more moisture than other- wise, (2) many weeds have been killed. (3) a large amount of availdbh plant food has been accumulated, (4) the decay of rubbish and stubble is accomplished, and (5) the land is ready for seeding whenever spring opens up. 139. The Practices of Fallowing.—The two chief prac- tices of fallowing are (1 I plowing in June or early July (later in the most humid parts) so as to make the soil receptive for the heavy rains of the rainy
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