. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. 130 ELEMENTARY AGPICULTURE. Fig. 71. The cradle was a great improvement over the reap hook. Wheat in Rotation. Wheat should never be grown on the same fields year after year with no change of ,crop. It was grown in England fo-r many years to test this. When it was grown on the same field every year for twelve years the average crop was a little more than twelve bushels to the acre. When it was grown every fourth year, with three other crops between, the yield for each acre was twenty- eight bushels, or more than twice as much. Enemies af Wheat. Wheat seem
. Elementary agriculture. Agriculture. 130 ELEMENTARY AGPICULTURE. Fig. 71. The cradle was a great improvement over the reap hook. Wheat in Rotation. Wheat should never be grown on the same fields year after year with no change of ,crop. It was grown in England fo-r many years to test this. When it was grown on the same field every year for twelve years the average crop was a little more than twelve bushels to the acre. When it was grown every fourth year, with three other crops between, the yield for each acre was twenty- eight bushels, or more than twice as much. Enemies af Wheat. Wheat seems to have more enemies than any other crop that the farmer raises. He never knows when he sows his fields what he shall reap or whether he shall reap at all. Very hot or cold weather may ruin the crop. Drouths may come and the plants die of thirst; or it may rain too much and drown the wheat. Storms of hail or wind. 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 Nida, William Lewis. [from old catalog]. Chicago, A. Flanagan company
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