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4- ' 5 i ; r, f ? a , - -: r'T-r , "I II f jr J .l 1 V 'f 7 ' v .. 11- I - i -- ft. ... T- Pat. Of Item 2r,N( . -V V-flSD AT RALEIGH. N. C . - - ' SATURDAY, MARC13, -f92 J, EASTERN Et)ITION r A Farm and ttomevWeekly tot - jlinas, yirgihiav Georgia and Florida, VoL XXX V. J No. 11. ; $1 a Year; 5c a Copy $ 1 Cultivation Should Begin With a Good Seed Bed "1 ULT1VA TION has as its purpose the destruction of weeds and the con Jjservationhof soil moisture and any treatment that accomplishes Jhese two purposes must be regarded as cultivation whether it be given hi preparing -the seed bed or working the soil after the crop is up' Jo a stand: It therefore where the use- of the turning plow in Jurying grass, is the result of inefficient cultivation before the crop was planted. , - - Where the land has. been prepared by good ploivinq and the repeated use of the disk and section harrows grass can usually be subdued by shallow cultiva .yC-.......i.......-....4v'.-.-. v 1 liiillil f - V N s. v MM K J 2- -w V. A. Aj v.Ti.'.v'.vJl K A XX -use' V. X . a;- ; -':-:;-:-.v '.;.'-w:.w.:..':.j4., .vsil '.. : .:?, K .. A-STE1' TOVVAKD GOOD CUtTIVATIOV fdllozvs that the making of a tvell pulverized seed bed is one of the essential' lion aper the crop isup to a stand. It is also true that with a zvell pulverized phases of 'good cultivation. ' " . ' ' soil shallow cultivation of. not over three inches on sandy soils and two : - , ' - ' t ' - - inches on clay soils is sufficient to provide q mulch of fine dirt that will prac- On too many of our Southern farms eultivaiionjbegins only after the crop, tically'stop the evaporation of water from the soil surface. On the other hand, is up to a stand. It' is true the land is plowed, and sometimes disked -and har- it is necessary to run the cultivator three, four and sometimes five inches deep rowed; but wiili many farmers the preparation of a seed bed is merely a question .. fo obtain an effective mulch on a cloddy field, and whence go to such a depth, of making d resting place for the seed, and the value of this early cultivation in; after tlwcrop has become well established the roots are pruned, with subsequent j Jtrnv;n H,, W rvnh V.,' )t infanrv and bulveri'sina the soil so that ashallow reduction in the crop yield. In fast a ' two-inch mulch of well pulverized soil hut effective dust mulch may be 'easily made is largely lost sight of. Of course ! wre effective in preventing the evaporation of, wfl pater than a four-inch -ii.ir impossible to make a suitable resting place for the seed and at the same r mulch f cl- ; , time fail to destroy weed seed and conserve moisture, but if all the advantages There is npthing jo be' gained by planting oh an Unprepared seed bed, for of aSod'earlv brebaration were kept in 'mind there would be fewer pooriy zt'hat little time is gained in getjing tht crop off to. an early Jtart is more than - . - , , - counteracted by Jhe greatef 'expenditure of labor necessary in later cultivations. , ''"-- A very practical way of saving tabor expenses "and thus reducing the cost of T White we do admit that times may occur during periods of excessive ram ,prodHcing the crop is to thoroughly prepare. the land before planting. Jor the when the accepted' methods of cultivation must becast to the winds and heroic cheapest .and most effective cultivation' is that given before the seed are put ' treatment applied in the form of the turning plow, therefore too manycaser 'in the ground., - " -'"'U' -1" -' ' ' r " i -",Mi'Mrr-. .ii 1 -1 - -- .Ti.,..i . ii I i -''- " 1 AS ' I ' A,. 1 V . -, ' jj-." -lit i I ' if i $ s I f-it'.', b I ,.r4 1 ' ! t i A , t - I
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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