. Corn growing in Louisiana. Corn. 25 a type of cultivator that will stir the soil only to a depth of about two inches. The disc and various forms of walking culti- vators, the acmé harrow, the triangular, side and spring tooth harrows (Figs. 11, 12, 13) are implements well adapted to this work, the purpose being always to keep a mulch (or layer of pulverized soil) about two inches deep over the entire field. Such a mulch is the best means at our command for saving the soil moisture to the crop. The importance of the soil mulch is revealed by an experiment made at one of the experiment sta- ti
. Corn growing in Louisiana. Corn. 25 a type of cultivator that will stir the soil only to a depth of about two inches. The disc and various forms of walking culti- vators, the acmé harrow, the triangular, side and spring tooth harrows (Figs. 11, 12, 13) are implements well adapted to this work, the purpose being always to keep a mulch (or layer of pulverized soil) about two inches deep over the entire field. Such a mulch is the best means at our command for saving the soil moisture to the crop. The importance of the soil mulch is revealed by an experiment made at one of the experiment sta- tions, in which it was shown that pounds of water are required to produce one pound of dry matter in dent corn. If the weight of ear, stalk, leaves, and roots of such a corn plant, when dry, is two pounds, the amoant of water taken in by the. 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 Roy, V. L. (Victor Leander), 1871-1968. Baton Rouge, La. , Ramires & Jones
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