. Corn book for young folk. Corn. THE SECOND STEP IN CULTIVATION 169 The great army of insects that attack corn must be fought. Will not plowing your land early in the fall help to break up their winter homes ? Will it not turn many of them out of comfortable quarters to be destroyed by cold ? So, if you want to lessen^. Fig. 133. Saving Moisture by a Spring-tooth Harrow the injury done by insects, can you do it in any easier way than by wrecking their winter homes by the plow ? Saving moisture is one of the surest ways of adding bushels to your corn crop. Does fall plowing save moisture ? Hav
. Corn book for young folk. Corn. THE SECOND STEP IN CULTIVATION 169 The great army of insects that attack corn must be fought. Will not plowing your land early in the fall help to break up their winter homes ? Will it not turn many of them out of comfortable quarters to be destroyed by cold ? So, if you want to lessen^. Fig. 133. Saving Moisture by a Spring-tooth Harrow the injury done by insects, can you do it in any easier way than by wrecking their winter homes by the plow ? Saving moisture is one of the surest ways of adding bushels to your corn crop. Does fall plowing save moisture ? Have you not noticed that the top soil of ground which was plowed in the fall or winter is drier at planting time than the top soil. 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 Williams, Charles Burgess, 1871-1947; Hill, Daniel Harvey, 1859-1924. Boston, Ginn and Company
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