. Farm crops; a practical treatise on the growing of American field crops: containing brief and popular advice on the seeding, cultivating, handling and marketing of farm crops, and on the management of lands for the largest returns. plendid crop to beseeded at the last cultivation of corn or cotton. Itis much prized in orchards where it can be seededin the late summer andplowed under in the earlyspring, thus permitting cul-tivation during the growingseason when the moisture isdesired for the trees ratherthan for grass or othercrops. A good seed bed isalways desirable, althoughcrimson clover m
. Farm crops; a practical treatise on the growing of American field crops: containing brief and popular advice on the seeding, cultivating, handling and marketing of farm crops, and on the management of lands for the largest returns. plendid crop to beseeded at the last cultivation of corn or cotton. Itis much prized in orchards where it can be seededin the late summer andplowed under in the earlyspring, thus permitting cul-tivation during the growingseason when the moisture isdesired for the trees ratherthan for grass or othercrops. A good seed bed isalways desirable, althoughcrimson clover may be sownon any kind of land, provid-ing the seed is covered. Thepeg-tooth harrow is an ex-cellent tool to give propercovering. In preparing thesoil the aim should be tosecure a fine, compact andmoist seed bed. If plow-ing be done just previousto seeding, the harrow androller should be freely used, so as to secure acompact bed. CORN.—The first thing is to see that the groundis in good condition and that the field intended forcorn is given thorough preparation. The best re-sults are usually secured on clover sod. This kindof land is full of plant food, contains a large amountof nitrogen and is usually in splendid tilth. The. CRIMSON CLOVER Most popular in theSouth for land-improv-ing effects. It is seededin the fall and eitherplowed under precedingcorn or cotton or har-vested for hay and thenfollowed by corn. It givesexcellent results in or-chards. 122 FARM CROPS depth of plowing depends, of course, upon the char-acter of the soil and the locality. After the soil has been plowed, the matter ofthoroughly fining it is highly important. The diskhas given excellent service in the corn belt, also theAcme harrow. The roller can seldom be used, asthis packs the ground too much, especially if plant-ing is followed by a heavy rain or two. Plan tohave the upper soil as mellow as possible, so as togive the seed an early and a strong start. In manyparts of the country it has been found e
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