. Elements of farm practice, prepared especially for teaching elementary agriculture;. Agriculture. Figure 21.—Good ears of corn, with straight rows and even kernels. Figure 22.—Poor ears of corn. Note the crooked rows and irregular ker- nels. Examine a com planter, if possible, to see how it drops the corn. ^ , . n , • j It is very important to the farmer that all his seed corn be uniform in size, because corn is now planted by machines and unless the kernels are about the same size and shape the machine cannot drop the same number in each hill. If uneven sized kernels were used for planting,
. Elements of farm practice, prepared especially for teaching elementary agriculture;. Agriculture. Figure 21.—Good ears of corn, with straight rows and even kernels. Figure 22.—Poor ears of corn. Note the crooked rows and irregular ker- nels. Examine a com planter, if possible, to see how it drops the corn. ^ , . n , • j It is very important to the farmer that all his seed corn be uniform in size, because corn is now planted by machines and unless the kernels are about the same size and shape the machine cannot drop the same number in each hill. If uneven sized kernels were used for planting, the number in a hill would vary as the num- ber of kernels you were able to place in the cir- cles you drew varied. Most farmers like to plant three kernels in a hill, because. 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 Wilson, Archie Dell, 1875-; Wilson, E. W. , joint author. St. Paul, Minn. , Webb Publishing Co.
Size: 1220px × 2049px
Photo credit: © Paul Fearn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectagriculture, bookyear
