. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 19 Cultivation destroys the weeds that would absorb plant food at the critical season of the year; it conserves the moisture that dissolves the fertilizer, it prepares the soil for the covercrop, the seed of which is to be sown in what is usually a dry season of the year. We talk covercrops, fertilizer and soil moisture and I repeat, each is im- portant, but the lion's share of their possible values is dependent on thorough cultivation. Cultivate repeatedly during the season for cultivation and the mois- ture problem will partly be solved; cultivate repeated
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Ontario. 19 Cultivation destroys the weeds that would absorb plant food at the critical season of the year; it conserves the moisture that dissolves the fertilizer, it prepares the soil for the covercrop, the seed of which is to be sown in what is usually a dry season of the year. We talk covercrops, fertilizer and soil moisture and I repeat, each is im- portant, but the lion's share of their possible values is dependent on thorough cultivation. Cultivate repeatedly during the season for cultivation and the mois- ture problem will partly be solved; cultivate repeatedly to break down the cover ,crop you have plowed under, and it will work for you; cultivate to incorporate the humus with the soil, to make it sufficiently open to admit air freely and plant food will be liberated fronf the clay and made available to the plant. Cultivate to make available the fertilizer you have applied. .:?. Niagara or Bradshaw at the end of the third summer, showing what is possible from a one-year whip very low headed. The cover crop should be placed second in importance. 'Just as it is import- ant that the trees be given all opportunity in the spring and early summer to grow, so is it important that in late summer and fall that they ripen their wood and buds for the following season. Sow the cover-crop in July or August depending on moisture and the quantity of fruit on the tree. Crimson Clover, 18 lbs. per acre. Rye, l^/^ bushels per acre, Buckwheat, 40 lbs. per acre, Red Clover, 15 lbs. per acre, Vetch, 30 lbs. per acre or oats 51 lbs. per acre, may be used. Or if chickweed (so popular with many growers) is plentiful and wants to grow tnere is no objection to it in the orchard. There is objection if it spreads to other fields—especially strawberry plantations. Little attention has been paid to scientific fertilization of plums. Even the best growers do not fertilize regularly. Some have tried commercial Please note that these images are ex
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