. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. Fig. 291. French Chevalier bar- ley, a standard two-rowed va- riety. Lower hoards I'lipiied to show .irraiigeiueiit of ker- nels from side and edges. Three spikelets a t jointof rachis, a characteris- tic common to the six-rowed barleys, not con- tinuously on the same land. AVhen corn is one of the crops, a good rotation is corn on land that the previ- ous year had been in hay
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. Fig. 291. French Chevalier bar- ley, a standard two-rowed va- riety. Lower hoards I'lipiied to show .irraiigeiueiit of ker- nels from side and edges. Three spikelets a t jointof rachis, a characteris- tic common to the six-rowed barleys, not con- tinuously on the same land. AVhen corn is one of the crops, a good rotation is corn on land that the previ- ous year had been in hay or pasture, and barley to follow corn, at which time the land should be seeded to clover and timothy, or clover and blue- grass. One or two crops of clover can be cut the year following barley, and the land can be used for pas- ture or hay-land the year following clover. The land may be ma- nured to advantage at any time after the clover is secured, pref- erably the following fall and winter. By running a fine - tooth harrow over the grass- land in the spring, the manure will be dis- tributed evenly, and the fine roots of the various grasses will hold the fertility near the surface, where it can be utilized to a certain extent by the grasses and subse- quently by the follow- ing corn and barley crops. The above is recommended when a regular four years' ro- tation is desired. Bar- ley does well on land that has grown potatoes, beets and garden-truck the previous year. Seed-bed.—Much care should be given to the preparation of the seed-bed to get the best yields. Fall-plowing is preferable to spring-plowing. When the land is fall-plowed, it should be disked thoroughly in the spring and put in good tilth as early as the ground will admit of working to advantage. After disking, if the ground is inclined to be lumpy, it should have a planker or roller run over it to crush the lumps; then the preparation is finished by going over the ground with a fine-tooth harrow. Sowing the seed.
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