. Better farming with Atlas farm powder, the safest explosive, the original farm powder. Explosives in agriculture. Better Farming with Atlas Farm Powder were located. The blasting should be done in late May, or in June, July or August, when the ground is dry and will crumble. (See photograph below of gulley filled up, and note carefully how proper blasting will accomplish the desired result.) Immediately after the blasting a heavy cover crop should be sown. This is to take advantage of the condition brought about by the blasting and to fill the soil with roots that will help increase fertilit
. Better farming with Atlas farm powder, the safest explosive, the original farm powder. Explosives in agriculture. Better Farming with Atlas Farm Powder were located. The blasting should be done in late May, or in June, July or August, when the ground is dry and will crumble. (See photograph below of gulley filled up, and note carefully how proper blasting will accomplish the desired result.) Immediately after the blasting a heavy cover crop should be sown. This is to take advantage of the condition brought about by the blasting and to fill the soil with roots that will help increase fertility and help hold the soil together, when threatened with future washing. The roots will keep the soil open and porous for many seasons. Before the blasting rain-water runs off the surface of unplowed ground in streams. When ground is plowed rain water soon soaks the 6 inches of loose top-soil. In both cases the surface of the ground is badly washed away. In plowed ground the water. â >' ^^. 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 Atlas Powder Company. Wilmington, Del. , Allentown, Pa. [etc. ] Atlas Powder Company
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