. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. Fertilizers on Lumpy Lands 79 if the humus, or decaying organic matter, is allowed to wear out of it. It then becomes leachy, it quickly loses its moisture, and is excessively hot in bright, sunny weather. Similar remarks may be appled to all soils, although they are not equally true of Fig 13 A well-tilled orchard in New York. If these remarks are true, then it follows that it is use- less to apply commercial fertilizers to lands not in proper physicial condition for the best growth of crops. If potash, for
. The principles of fruit-growing, with applications to practice. Fruit-culture. Fertilizers on Lumpy Lands 79 if the humus, or decaying organic matter, is allowed to wear out of it. It then becomes leachy, it quickly loses its moisture, and is excessively hot in bright, sunny weather. Similar remarks may be appled to all soils, although they are not equally true of Fig 13 A well-tilled orchard in New York. If these remarks are true, then it follows that it is use- less to apply commercial fertilizers to lands not in proper physicial condition for the best growth of crops. If potash, for example, were applied to hard lumps of clay, it could not be expected to aid much in the growth of plants, because plants cannot grow on such a place. If the same quantity were applied to mellow soil, however, the greater part of it would be presented to the roots of plants at once, and its effects would no doubt be apparent in the season's crop. The improvement of the structure of the soil is not only a means of presenting the plant-foods to the roots and of uniformly distributing what fertilizer may. 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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