Agriculture for beginners . - hay. The practice of not using the. Fig. 201 202 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS stalks is wasteful and is fast being abandoned. The onlyreason that so much good food is being left to decay in thefield is because so many people have not fully learned thefeeding value of the stover. EXERCISE To show the effect of cultivation on the yield of corn, let the pupilslay off five plats in some convenient field. Each plat need consist ofonly two rows about twenty feet long. Treat each plat as follows : Plat I. No cultivation : let weeds grow. Plat 2. Mulch with straw. Plat 3. Sh
Agriculture for beginners . - hay. The practice of not using the. Fig. 201 202 AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS stalks is wasteful and is fast being abandoned. The onlyreason that so much good food is being left to decay in thefield is because so many people have not fully learned thefeeding value of the stover. EXERCISE To show the effect of cultivation on the yield of corn, let the pupilslay off five plats in some convenient field. Each plat need consist ofonly two rows about twenty feet long. Treat each plat as follows : Plat I. No cultivation : let weeds grow. Plat 2. Mulch with straw. Plat 3. Shallow cultivation : not deeper than two inches and at leastfive times during the growing season. Plat 4. Deep cultivation: at least four inches deep, so as to injureand tear out some of the roots (this is a common method). Plat 5. Root-pruning: ten inches from the stalk and six inchesdeep, prune the roots with a long knife. Cultivate five times duringthe season. Observe plats during the summer, and at husking-time note results. SECTION XXXIX. PEANUTS This plant
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