. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 118. Bachelder's corn-planter, as iUustrated in 1846. " The seed is put into the hopper above the beam, and as the planter moves along, the share below ftpens the fur- row: the corn is then dropped by arms moved by a ;. Fig. 119. Pennock's seed and erain planter, from a picture of 1846. "This machine will plant wheat, rye. Indian corn, oats, peas, beans, rutabagas and turtiips: and can be regulated to drop any required Quantity on an ; legumes have similar power, largely because of their deep-rooting hab
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. Fig. 118. Bachelder's corn-planter, as iUustrated in 1846. " The seed is put into the hopper above the beam, and as the planter moves along, the share below ftpens the fur- row: the corn is then dropped by arms moved by a ;. Fig. 119. Pennock's seed and erain planter, from a picture of 1846. "This machine will plant wheat, rye. Indian corn, oats, peas, beans, rutabagas and turtiips: and can be regulated to drop any required Quantity on an ; legumes have similar power, largely because of their deep-rooting habit; and this affords additional explanation of the good results accruing from the use of such plants in the rotation. (5) A rotation of crops can be so planned as to maintain the supply of humus in the soil. This humus, coming from the decay of organic matter, adds to the plant-food content of the soil and, what is usually more important, exerts a great influence in securing a proper physical texture of the land. The Bureau of Soils recently asserts that the chief value of humus is to cleanse the soil of toxic excreta. The humus is chiefly supplied by the grass crops and clover crops in the rotation. The practice of "green-manuring" rests chiefly on the need of supplying humus. Green-manure crops are those that. 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, ed. New York, The Macmillan company
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