. Elementary agriculture . Fig. 70. .1 irlnnt drill. root. This is done to kill weeds and to keep moisture in the ground, as we do for corn. But most wheat farmers think this does more harm than good. In Japan wheat is planted in wide rows and hoed. Vegetables are raised between the rows. A hundred years ago wheat was hoed with a mattock. Wheat may be pastured in the winter when the ground is frozen, but not late in the spring.

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