. The cereals in America. 400 THE CEREALS IN AMERICA 581. Preparation of Seed Bed.—Since a great deal of buck- wheat is sown because of the failure of some other crop or be- cause the delay in farm work has prevented the preparation of the land in time for an earlier. sown crop, the preparation of the seed bed usu- ally takes place immediately be- fore seeding. The land is usu- ally plowed and prepared as for other cereal. Earl]/- and thor- ough preparation of the seed bed, however, is ad- visable, as shown by the illustra- tions in this Buckwheat: variety, Japanese, showing influence of
. The cereals in America. 400 THE CEREALS IN AMERICA 581. Preparation of Seed Bed.—Since a great deal of buck- wheat is sown because of the failure of some other crop or be- cause the delay in farm work has prevented the preparation of the land in time for an earlier. sown crop, the preparation of the seed bed usu- ally takes place immediately be- fore seeding. The land is usu- ally plowed and prepared as for other cereal. Earl]/- and thor- ough preparation of the seed bed, however, is ad- visable, as shown by the illustra- tions in this Buckwheat: variety, Japanese, showing influence of preparation of seed bed upon growth. Plat on which larger plant grew was cultivated during the spring, while in plat upon which smaller one paraSfraph. grew the weeds were allowed to grow in the usual manner. Just before seeding, which was July 6, all plats were plowed and prepared in usual manner. Illustration shows plants at six weeks from seeding. From unpublished data of Cornell Station. The (One-twelfth natural size.) 582. Seeding, date of seeding varies from May first to August first. The preferred time varies from the middle of June to the middle of July, depending upon locality. If sown too early, the flowers are liable to blast by the warm weather. The plant begins to blossom when quite small and continues until frost comes. Thus the plant has seeds in all. 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 Hunt, Thomas Forsyth, 1862-1927. New York, O. Judd company;
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