. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals. Gardening; Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. INTERTILLAGE 299 Repacking After Plowing.—If land is broken only a short time before seeding time it should be repacked by the use of a harrow, planker, or roller. Much packing is not desired for potatoes, but for other garden crops the roller or other packer should be used and this followed by a spike-tooth harrow. If heavy rains come after spring plowing they will pack the soil enough, particularly if the soil is rather heavy. Packing the soil establishes the capillary connection between
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals. Gardening; Vegetable gardening; Fruit-culture. INTERTILLAGE 299 Repacking After Plowing.—If land is broken only a short time before seeding time it should be repacked by the use of a harrow, planker, or roller. Much packing is not desired for potatoes, but for other garden crops the roller or other packer should be used and this followed by a spike-tooth harrow. If heavy rains come after spring plowing they will pack the soil enough, particularly if the soil is rather heavy. Packing the soil establishes the capillary connection between the top furrow slice and the moist soil below. This will prevent much of the injury from fp sfjTTI :-'"^v; V f§S'' i :>:^r-; £'*.'*"'. ]*"* •-v ftp 3fc - 7vvv-. ^stSI i^!V IS T .** "^i siSsSSJfe Fig. 208.—A young orchard grown under the clean culture cover crop system on rather level land. (Indiana Station.) Keeping the surface loose is probably the most important factor in successful tillage of garden and orchard soils (Fig. 208). It prevents crusting and baking and large clods are not formed. The loose soil on the top will serve as a mulch and prevent the escape of moisture by evaporation. Intertillage should be frequent, and in most cases it may be rather shallow in the garden. It may be done by use of small- shovel cultivators which are very sharp at the points. The use of wide shovels leaves the ground too much in ridges and allows it to become too dry. Keep the surface reasonably level and finely. 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 Davis, Kary Cadmus, 1867-. Philadelphia, London, J. B. Lippincott Co
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