Agriculture for beginners . avily from the soil and canbe grown on the same land from year to year. In fertilizing buckwheat land, green manures and richnitrogenous fertilizers should be avoided. These cause sucha luxuriant growth that the stalks lodge badly. The time of seeding will have to be settled by the heightof the land and bv the climate. In northern climates and inhigh altitudes the seeding is generally done in May or southern climates and in low altitudes the planting maywait until July or August. The plant usually matures in aboutseventy days. It cannot stand warm weather at
Agriculture for beginners . avily from the soil and canbe grown on the same land from year to year. In fertilizing buckwheat land, green manures and richnitrogenous fertilizers should be avoided. These cause sucha luxuriant growth that the stalks lodge badly. The time of seeding will have to be settled by the heightof the land and bv the climate. In northern climates and inhigh altitudes the seeding is generally done in May or southern climates and in low altitudes the planting maywait until July or August. The plant usually matures in aboutseventy days. It cannot stand warm weather at blooming-time, and must always be planted so that it may escape 2:;o AGRICULTURE FOR BEGINNERS waim weather in its U[cx>inmg period and cold weather in itsmatniing season. The seeds are commonly broadcasted atan average rate erf four pecks to the acre. If the land is looseand pulverized, it should be ndled. Bodndieat ripens unevenly and -nill continue to bloomfinosL Harvesting: usuallv besir- v~t ;;f^::- ^^e :^r=-t ?rop. of seeds have matured. To keep the grains from shattering,the harvesting is best done during damp or cloudv da3-s orearl} in the monaing while the dew is still on the grain. Thegrain shooild be threshed as soon as it is dr\ enough to gothrough the thresher. Biickwheat is girown largely for table use. The grain iscrushed into a dark iflomr that makes most palatable break-fast cakes. The grain, e^>ecMly when mixed with com, isbecoming pc^jukr for poeMij^ food. The middlings, whichare rich in fais and protein, are prized for dairy cows. FARM CROPS 2^1 SECTION XLVIII. RICE The United States produces only about one half of the ricethat it consumes. There is no satisfactory reason for our notraising more of this staple crop, for five great states alongthe Gulf of Mexico are well adapted to its culture. There are two distinct kinds of rice, upland rice and low-land rice. Upland rice demands in general the same methodsof culture that are required bv other cereal
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