. David Dickson's system of farming. Agriculture. 40 DICKSON'S SYSTEM OF FARMING. ton should be thinned by shaving out across the drill—and not dug out by 'chopping.' Let the hoe pass level through the drill, and just deep enough to shave off the cotton and grass, barely breaking the surface crust, and finish the thinning with the hand, if necessary. The ridge or bed should not ^e rudely chopped down leaving the tender roots of the cotton bare, or in a crippled or fall- ing condition. To break up its at- tachments to the soil, leave it in a tottering condition, or cut off its tap- roots just u
. David Dickson's system of farming. Agriculture. 40 DICKSON'S SYSTEM OF FARMING. ton should be thinned by shaving out across the drill—and not dug out by 'chopping.' Let the hoe pass level through the drill, and just deep enough to shave off the cotton and grass, barely breaking the surface crust, and finish the thinning with the hand, if necessary. The ridge or bed should not ^e rudely chopped down leaving the tender roots of the cotton bare, or in a crippled or fall- ing condition. To break up its at- tachments to the soil, leave it in a tottering condition, or cut off its tap- roots just under the crust soil, is posi- tively hurtful to the plants. It crip- ples and stunts them, and they often perish. I repeat, shave lightly and do not dig about your plants. The same is true of other crops. Digging about corn, to hill it, is of- ten hurtful. Deep ploughing, or dig- ging about, forking or spading crops in the cultivation, is all Proper 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 Dickson, David, 1809-1885. Atlanta, Ga. , Cultivator Pub. Co
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