. The cereals in America. 3^2 THE CEREALS IN AMERICA of interjecting some other crop about once in four years, prefer- ably a cultivated crop, such as maize, or merely permitting the plantation to grow up to dry land weeds. 509. Fertilizers.—Many kinds of fertilizing material are commonly employed in oriental countries; in the United States. DRAINAGE DITCH. Plat of rice field in Raywood plantation showing nnethod of irrigation in southwesterr Louisiana and southeastern Texas The different tracts are on different levels. Watcf enters at measuring flume, floods first tract, passes over fieid lev
. The cereals in America. 3^2 THE CEREALS IN AMERICA of interjecting some other crop about once in four years, prefer- ably a cultivated crop, such as maize, or merely permitting the plantation to grow up to dry land weeds. 509. Fertilizers.—Many kinds of fertilizing material are commonly employed in oriental countries; in the United States. DRAINAGE DITCH. Plat of rice field in Raywood plantation showing nnethod of irrigation in southwesterr Louisiana and southeastern Texas The different tracts are on different levels. Watcf enters at measuring flume, floods first tract, passes over fieid levee. floods second tract. and so on unti' the who'e fieid is flooded. Water is removed througn drainage ditch b; opening field levees On this plantation the water in the mam canal shown in illustratirr has been raised a total of sixty-five feet by means of three pumping stations. At the initial station the canal is I 50 feet wide. (After Bond.) the land is seldom manured for rice. The irrigation of the land presents problems concerning nitrification and supply of fertil- izmg constituents from the water that have not been fully. 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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