Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic elementaryagricu01hatc Year: 1906 TILLING THE SOIL 59 To conclude: There are three chief reasons for tilHng the soil, (i) To pulverize it, making it easy for the plant roots to penetrate it in every direction and to get at the store of food it contains. (2) To stir it and thus hasten the solution of plant food as well as to destroy weeds that rob the plants of their food. A WELL CULTIVATED CORN FIELD. (3) To form a soil mulch, a sort of 'dry blanket,' which will prevent rapid evaporation of th
Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic Elementary agriculture with practical arithmetic elementaryagricu01hatc Year: 1906 TILLING THE SOIL 59 To conclude: There are three chief reasons for tilHng the soil, (i) To pulverize it, making it easy for the plant roots to penetrate it in every direction and to get at the store of food it contains. (2) To stir it and thus hasten the solution of plant food as well as to destroy weeds that rob the plants of their food. A WELL CULTIVATED CORN FIELD. (3) To form a soil mulch, a sort of 'dry blanket,' which will prevent rapid evaporation of the capillary water from the soil. Free Bulletins, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. No. 306.—Some Soil Problems for Practical Farmers.
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