. Vegetable gardening . Vegetable gardening; Project method in teaching. 36 VEGETABLE GARDENING knives and shovels are made in great variety for most wheel hoes. The knives as shown in Figure 3 are espe- cially valuable for shallow tillage in sandy soils. They may be shortened in order to cultivate when the rows are only 6 inches apart, although 10 to 14 inches are usually allowed for wheel hoe cultivation. Figure 4 shows a combination wheel hoe and seed drill that is highly val-. FIG, 4. COMBINATION HAND SEED DRILL AND CULTIVATOR ued, but combination hoes and drills are not generally popular.
. Vegetable gardening . Vegetable gardening; Project method in teaching. 36 VEGETABLE GARDENING knives and shovels are made in great variety for most wheel hoes. The knives as shown in Figure 3 are espe- cially valuable for shallow tillage in sandy soils. They may be shortened in order to cultivate when the rows are only 6 inches apart, although 10 to 14 inches are usually allowed for wheel hoe cultivation. Figure 4 shows a combination wheel hoe and seed drill that is highly val-. FIG, 4. COMBINATION HAND SEED DRILL AND CULTIVATOR ued, but combination hoes and drills are not generally popular. There is no rule to be followed in cultivating garden crops. Hard crusts should certainly not be allowed to remain unbroken for any great length of time. It is gen- erally best to cultivate as soon as the ground is dry enough after every rain. Frequent tillage destroys weeds before they have made much of a start and it also main- tains the best growing conditions in the soil. Crops are never injured by too much cultivation of the proper kind,. 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 Watts, Ralph Levi, 1869-. New York : Orange Judd
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