. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. SEEDING, PLANTING AND YIELDS 135 is broken up by subsequent tillage ; or if the crop is not tilled, as the cereal grains, the seed-bed disappears by the action of the elements and the natural settling together of the soil. The seed-bed is therefore only an epoch in the care of the field. The comminuting tillage tools leave the ground loose and more or less open. In this loose e
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. SEEDING, PLANTING AND YIELDS 135 is broken up by subsequent tillage ; or if the crop is not tilled, as the cereal grains, the seed-bed disappears by the action of the elements and the natural settling together of the soil. The seed-bed is therefore only an epoch in the care of the field. The comminuting tillage tools leave the ground loose and more or less open. In this loose earth the seed is readily incorporated. But the earth may be too loose to promote the best germination. In such cases the roller is used to compact the earth. The soil-grains are then settled about the seeds, and the subsurface moisture passes up from grain to grain or through the small cavities, and supplies the seed. This moisture is on its way toward evaporation into the air; therefore it is well to break up the com- pact surface by tillage, as soon as the plants are well established, in order to prevent the further loss of moisture, particularly if it is the case of a spring-sown crop. The com- mon practice of ^£- ^°^- Combined disk-drill and force-feed seeder, tramping on the row in making garden hereby finds explanation; and it is probable that the custom of spatting the hill with the hoe in the steadfast old days when we planted corn by hand, had other merit than merely to mark the spot where we had dropped five kernels from a bed-ticking bag. The quantity to 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan
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