. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. 222 SOUTHEUN FIELD CROPS by local conditions. While deep plowing might otherwise be desirable, it risks inconvenience in harvesting, since in fields deeply plowed the wheels of the binder sink too deep if much rain falls just before harvest time. The land must be further prepared by harrowing (Fig. 112). In the rice fields of South Carohna, which are very small and poorly drained, planting is done chiefly by hand Fig. 112. — Pbeparing fob Rice in Louisiana. The employment of hand labor in this region for planting and har
. Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants). Agriculture. 222 SOUTHEUN FIELD CROPS by local conditions. While deep plowing might otherwise be desirable, it risks inconvenience in harvesting, since in fields deeply plowed the wheels of the binder sink too deep if much rain falls just before harvest time. The land must be further prepared by harrowing (Fig. 112). In the rice fields of South Carohna, which are very small and poorly drained, planting is done chiefly by hand Fig. 112. — Pbeparing fob Rice in Louisiana. The employment of hand labor in this region for planting and harvesting the crop has caused the decline of the rice industry here, where the cost of production is necessarily much higher than on the prairies of Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas, where machinery is used for all of these opera- 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 Duggar, J. F. (John Frederick), 1868-. New York, The Macmillan company
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