. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. CORN 201 The planting is done from one to three weeks later than that of corn in the same latitude. The best plan is to put the seed in with a drill of special design, which leaves the bottom of the fur- row slightly ridged along the middle. This prevents such soil as ma_v be washed into the furrow from being deposited upon the sprouting seeds. Dry land farmers, and others who grow Kafir corn, say that more seed is planted too deep than too shallow. Experience and experi- ments show that seed, covered to a depth of
. Soils and plant life as related to agriculture . Agriculture; Soils; Plants. CORN 201 The planting is done from one to three weeks later than that of corn in the same latitude. The best plan is to put the seed in with a drill of special design, which leaves the bottom of the fur- row slightly ridged along the middle. This prevents such soil as ma_v be washed into the furrow from being deposited upon the sprouting seeds. Dry land farmers, and others who grow Kafir corn, say that more seed is planted too deep than too shallow. Experience and experi- ments show that seed, covered to a depth of about one inch with moist, mellow earth, germinates and be- comes established well. Care must be exer- cised during the first cultivation not to cover the young, ten- der plants. Moreover, they need plenty of Fig. SS. — Head of Kafir com. sunshine and warmth. In general, the methods of cultivation are the same as those given for listed corn in Section 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 Cunningham, Jules Cool, 1879-; Lancelot, William Henry, 1874-. New York : Macmillan
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