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Show FioRrtaWlvs rtult Orowing. High Intensive tillage has the result of making pi ints grow bellei 'Ihe nral nhjou of Ullage la to make aoll fll, ao that pin Ill's can grow Into It. Tho next object I vtlah to I ly down that wi till prlmiully to make Inn I i llih. The principal eh mi nta of Tool that plants use aie potash and phos-Ihoih phos-Ihoih mid ht.iy iieie of aoll. I Ju.Iiip In Nut I ngland has ftom f.Oon to -HI ikki pounds of this In tho Mist foot of aoll oter nn acre nf ground This atoie la ttlaely leaked up so that If la not easily ixtril. led. Hltd If It wasn't some enler-prialng enler-prialng 1 anker would 1st getting It to hell It la tint holt lo buy (onuneiilal fertlllstra but first how to utilise Die stores of plant Irani alieady In the aoll If It had not been for ttpeda, we would not hate learned about tlllagn Soli Is inndo up of mineral matter and of vegetable vege-table matter A cover nop for nn or-i or-i hnid Is simply a plnnt Mint stays upon Ihe ground until nu plough the giound the following spring rirat I want lo delliio the fundamental objeit The moat extenalve element of plant fond. Is nltiogen It la aolublc and dlssolvta nulckly. The greiilist loss ciT this ele-input ele-input in una lu wlnUr unless I Iieie Is sonic thing to tnko It up and then bo turned under In the spring One nf tho ilnngeiH of winter killing thiough tho Insiilllclent ripening or hai cloning don n of buds la ntenome through the use of n coter nop I'rult buds nre tender when growth continues loo Into In the fall The whole of the fall ought lo ho uaed In hardening down, tine of Ihe Inst ttaya lo aironi-pllsh aironi-pllsh tills la to put In a crop nn the giound Unit will grow nnd tnke up the available plnnt fool and therebt stop down the fruit trees so they will hnrdrn down Another object of the coter crop Is to dry nut Ihe moisture In the spring lly a enter crop ton inn plough front one to two vtoeka earlier In the spring on tills nuwint It Is mistake to allow al-low the cover c nip lo go Hm long lu Ihe spring bcrnrn ploughing under nnd lo lemove too much moisture from soil A cover crop adds vegetable matter to tho soil, and leplacea file nntter liuineiloutear bj jenr by cull tire One of tho advantages of tho cover crop Is to mako the aoll spongy, so that It villi hold moisture The Ideal tlmo of sow-Ing sow-Ing coter imps de ends on the season, but should be aliout tho time the trees cense their growth Koine nllow the roier crop lo grow In rprlng and If II li crimson rioter, to do so until it comes Into bloom I belleie that thla la vv mng T ho beat grow Hi wo c nn get on nn orchard la lu tho spring Two necks In crly May are uorlh six weeks liter. The cover crop should not be nllniied to ihsorb ton imvii fiom the aoll In tho spring, and ear ploughing la best fnr early growth of the on haul ("rlmann cloier, cnwpcaa or other cropa tint have the power of gathering nitrogen from tho air make goo I coier crops, iurnlps. ro. oata and others do not-(1. not-(1. Harold l'ovioll In Ontngo Judd runner. |