Soil culture and modern farm methods . Sun-Baked After a Heavy Rain. An Excellent Condition to Lose Moisture. ShouldBe Thoroughly Disced Before Being Plowed least resistance, especially during the tender age, and at a time the plantrequires the most assistance. If the seed-bed is shallow, the feedingarea is restricted in both food and moisture. Such a seed-bed usuallyhas a hard-pan preventing, not only the penetration of tender roots, butstops the downward passage of water and encourages the washing awayof surface soils and fertility during heavy showers. A roomy seed-bedserves as a reservoir
Soil culture and modern farm methods . Sun-Baked After a Heavy Rain. An Excellent Condition to Lose Moisture. ShouldBe Thoroughly Disced Before Being Plowed least resistance, especially during the tender age, and at a time the plantrequires the most assistance. If the seed-bed is shallow, the feedingarea is restricted in both food and moisture. Such a seed-bed usuallyhas a hard-pan preventing, not only the penetration of tender roots, butstops the downward passage of water and encourages the washing awayof surface soils and fertility during heavy showers. A roomy seed-bedserves as a reservoir to catch and retain water until it percolates into thedeeper subsoil. Hence, for many reasons the seed-bed should be deep,a condition which can be accomplished by plowing and tilling deep. Caution The process of deepening the seed-bed should be gradual, for the reason that subsoils or soils not rich in humus are not productive, but can be made rich by adding manure with each plowing or by turning under a green crop of some kind, prefe
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