. The book of corn : a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others : a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . Corn. CORN GROWTH AND FEEDING 41 red and the white clovers are most generally grown. The medium red clover is the variety which is usually used as a fertilizer for corn land. The methods of seeding clover vary with the sec- tion of the country in which the clover is grown. There are three general methods of seeding for ferti- lizing purpo
. The book of corn : a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others : a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . Corn. CORN GROWTH AND FEEDING 41 red and the white clovers are most generally grown. The medium red clover is the variety which is usually used as a fertilizer for corn land. The methods of seeding clover vary with the sec- tion of the country in which the clover is grown. There are three general methods of seeding for ferti- lizing purposes: 1, with nurse crop; 2, alone, and 3, in corn after the last cultivation. Of these methods, the seeding with some nurse crop is in most general use. —""'"jgs—"-. Fig 14—Samples of Clover Taken from equal areas; different methods of seeding The kind of nurse crop varies with the agriculture of the country. In the great corn belt of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska, seeding clover with oats is the most common and universal practice. In this case the land is prepared for oats, usually by disking crosswise of the corn rows, if the land was previously in corn, then seeding the oats, and disking the field again the other way. This seedbed is then. 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 Myrick, Herbert, b. 1860. New York ; Chicago : Orange Judd Company
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