. Experiments with plants. Botany. BO \V PLANTS ARU) INFLUENCED 343 ii'vigate, we may hope to control very largely both the •luantity and quality of the crop. At present there is so much confusion in this regard that we may find one farmer using several times as much water as his neigh- bor for the same kind of crop grown under the same. 198. Gorse: (a) leafy form, the result of growing in a saturated atmosphere, (6) normal (leafless) form, the branches transformed to spines. gene"al conditions. In general, crops cannot be grown to advantage when the soil contains more than 50 to 60 per c
. Experiments with plants. Botany. BO \V PLANTS ARU) INFLUENCED 343 ii'vigate, we may hope to control very largely both the •luantity and quality of the crop. At present there is so much confusion in this regard that we may find one farmer using several times as much water as his neigh- bor for the same kind of crop grown under the same. 198. Gorse: (a) leafy form, the result of growing in a saturated atmosphere, (6) normal (leafless) form, the branches transformed to spines. gene"al conditions. In general, crops cannot be grown to advantage when the soil contains more than 50 to 60 per cent of the total amount it is capable of hold- ing. The study of irrigation is bound to be of increasing importance, since it is becoming evident that it will pay to irrigate, even in regions where the rainfall is now ordinarily regarded as amply sufficient for crops (see pages 130 and 131).. 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 Osterhout, Winthrop John Van Leuven, 1871-. New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co. , ltd.
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