. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 620. steel frame stalk-cutter. planting of corn year after year on the same land is a bad practice in any section, even though the ground be very fertile. River bottom that over- flows occasionally, and on which sediment is de- posited, is the only kind of land that will stand continuous cropping with corn, and even here it may sometimes be inadvisable. Maintaining soil fertility.—For good results, the corn plant requires a fertile soil, a soil of grea
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 620. steel frame stalk-cutter. planting of corn year after year on the same land is a bad practice in any section, even though the ground be very fertile. River bottom that over- flows occasionally, and on which sediment is de- posited, is the only kind of land that will stand continuous cropping with corn, and even here it may sometimes be inadvisable. Maintaining soil fertility.—For good results, the corn plant requires a fertile soil, a soil of greater fertility than that required by many other farm crops. Good seed, good land and good culture are the essentials of a good corn crop. nature has supplied the farmer with a fertile farm, the easiest of these three essentials to obtain is good seed, and unfortunately it is the essential in which most growers make the greatest mistake. New lands are usually good corn soils, and they are generally well supplied with humus or vege- table matter. Lands that have been cropped con- tinuously for years, most of the humus having been destroyed, become hard and the soil particles pack together closely. Such a condition indicates that the soil requires humus or vegetable matter, and the conditions of such a soil can be very greatly improved by the application of coarse manures and the plowing under of large quantities of vegetable matter in the form of corn stalks, grain stubble, clover, and the like. The addition of. Rg. 621. Combined sulky lister and planter. such material to soil almost invariably increases the yield of corn. Ten to twenty tons of farm ma- nure per acre each year or two will retain most soils in a condition that will make possible the growing of good corn crops. Excessive applications of farm manure may result in decreased yields the first year after the application, especially if the season is dry. Most impoverished soils respond to a greater or less exten
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