. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 116. "Tbeirrigator," pictured in 1823. 'Tills nmchine is eal- to water meadow- grouiitls. cotton and provision land, and with a boy and horse, ought to water one or two acres per day. accoiding to the dis- tance of tlie river from the ; "No. 1. The Cask; 2, The Asle: 3, Felloes; 4, Bung: .^. Plug holes at both ends: 6, Seat for the ;. pounds through the use of leguminous plants. These plants have the power, by means of their root nodules, of fixing the free atmospheric nitrogen of the soil;
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 116. "Tbeirrigator," pictured in 1823. 'Tills nmchine is eal- to water meadow- grouiitls. cotton and provision land, and with a boy and horse, ought to water one or two acres per day. accoiding to the dis- tance of tlie river from the ; "No. 1. The Cask; 2, The Asle: 3, Felloes; 4, Bung: .^. Plug holes at both ends: 6, Seat for the ;. pounds through the use of leguminous plants. These plants have the power, by means of their root nodules, of fixing the free atmospheric nitrogen of the soil; and the ftew compounds are turned back to the soil in condition to be utilized by plants that do not have Fig. 117. Woodside's machine for harrowing, sowing and rolling. 1833. Tlie or sieve is at H; liar- the pOWer to row at B; roller at I. " From the above it wilt ite perceived that I can of a truth affirm, that I can qT^nronriatp thp sit in tlie front of my cart, under a canvas covering, sow the grain, harrow and roll it in. without 1 f lopi idle me exposure to the sun. leaving the ground without any impression of the horses' feet, my own feet, or nitrotTen of the the cart ; ^ air. Since nitro- gen is the most expensive and usually the most easily lost of the plant-food elements that the farmer has to buy, this role of the leguminous plants is most important. It is significant that most of the early rotations, developing before rational expla- nations of them could be given, comprised some legume. (4) Some plants have the power, more than others, to utilize the content of the subsoil. Such plants may not only make proportionate draft on the upper soil, but by their decay may add to the richness of such soil. It has been determined, for example, that lupines are able to take more food from the subsoil than oats. Most of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability
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