It has always seemed to me entirely unnecessary to urge farmers not to summer-fallow. We all naturally prefer to see the land occupied by a good paying crop, rather than to spend time ...
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John A. Widtsoe · 1920
... moisture conservation, the right crops, and the storage of water in the soil through a dry summer.
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... They get their name from the fact that they are grown and used during the summer season; in fact, they must be used at this time, for they do not permit of storage. Summer ...
... But if this is the case, the fault is not in the practice of summer-fallowing, but in growing too many grain crops, and selling them, instead of consuming them on the farm. Take ...
In the summer-fallow experiments, which have now been continued for twenty-seven years, there has been a great loss of nitrogen. The same remarks apply to this case. No one ever advocates summer ...
OF WHAT DURATION ARE THE DIFFERENT SEASONS, AND TO WHAT MONTHS WOULD · Muskett, Philip E., -1909 · 2003
YOU APPORTION EACH SEASON? New South Wales and Victoria.--Spring--September, October, November; Summer--December, January, February; Autumn--March, April, May; Winter--June, July, August. South Australia.--Spring--September, October; Summer comprises the five ...
... Squash (Summer Varieties), 207. Apple, 207. Bush Summer Warted Crookneck, 208. Cymbling, 208, 209. Early Apple, 207. Early Summer Crookneck, 208. Early White Bush Scolloped, 208. Early Yellow Bush Scolloped, 209. Egg, 210. Green ...
... But in this section, a summer-fallow, plowed two or three times during the summer, is becoming more and more rare every year. Those farmers who summer-fallow at all, as a rule, plow ...
... of summer, Composition and food value of winter, Mashed, Sauted summer, Stewed summer, Summer, Winter, Standard grading of milk and cream, of milk composition, Sterilized milk, Stewed mushrooms, navy beans, okra, summer squash, tomatoes ...
... A farmer yesterday was contending that it did not pay to summer-fallow. He has taken a run-down farm, and a year ago last spring he plowed up ten acres of a field ...
Give the land an occasional rest, that is, a clean summer fallow. Under a rainfall of less than fifteen inches, the land should be summer fallowed every other year; under an annual rainfall of ...
A well rounded, smooth road does not get muddy in the summer time. Summer rains usually come with a dash. Considerable water falls in a short time, and the very act of falling with ...
... Steve Solomon Chapter 1 Predictably Rainless Summers In the eastern United States, summertime rainfall can support gardens without irrigation but is just irregular enough to be worrisome. West of the Cascades we go into ...
Radishes, Spring or Summer, 76. Crimson Turnip-rooted, 80. Early Black, 76. Early Frame, 79. Early Long Purple, 77. Early Purple Turnip-rooted, 77. Early Scarlet Short-top, 79. Early Scarlet Turnip-rooted, 77 ...
... Like summer savory, it has been used for flavoring for many centuries, but is not now as popular as formerly, nor is it as popular as summer savory. Description._--The numerous woody, slender, spreading ...
... BUSH SUMMER WARTED CROOKNECK. Early Summer Crookneck. Yellow Summer Warted Crookneck. Cucurbita verrucosa. [Illustration: Bush Summer Warted Crookneck Squash.]
... June 1st--Beans, carrots, corn, cucumber, peas, summer spinach, summer lettuce, radish, egg-plant, pepper, tomato (main plants). June 15th--Beans, corn, peas, turnip, summer lettuce, radish, late cabbage, and tomato plants. July 1st ...
... But, how the field is handled during summer has only a slight effect. Spring and summer tillage does kill a few worms but does not damage eggs. By mulching, the soil can be kept ...
... Large Golden Summer, 375. Large Gray, 367. Large India, 367. Large Red, 368. Large Winter, 368. Large White, 371. Madeira, 368. Malta, 369. Mammoth, 367. Marseilles, 361. Mogul, 367. Morine, 365. Naples, 369. Neapolitan ...
Radishes usually suffer from the drought and heat incident to the summer; and, when grown at this season, are generally fibrous and very pungent. To secure the requisite shade and moisture, they are sometimes ...
A related problem many backyard gardeners have with establishing the winter and overwintered garden is finding enough space for both the summer and winter crops. The nursery bed solves both these problems. Instead of ...
A good summer-fallow, on rather heavy clay land, if the conditions are otherwise favorable, is pretty sure to give us a good crop of wheat, and a good crop of clover and grass ...
... Secondly, every rain of spring or summer tends to establish connections with the store of moisture in the soil. In fact, late spring and summer rains are often a disadvantage on dry-farms, which ...
4° CONCERNING THE AGRICULTURAL SEASONS · Marcus Porcius Cato and Marcus Terentius Varro · 1918
... The four seasons are Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. In Spring certain crops are sown and the sod fields are broken up,[82] so that the weeds in them may be destroyed before they ...
[Illustration: HOW HOGS ARE STUCK IN A LARGE MODERN PACKING HOUSE.] · B. Heller & Co. · 1920
... In winter the hair sticks much tighter than in summer and requires more scalding and more heat than in summer. Hogs raised in the South, in a warm climate, will scald much easier than ...
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growing · litres
For a watering can shift or a hose timer. A 10 L can covers about 2 m2 a day, and a hose sprinkler covers about 20 m2.
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livestock · litres per day
Size the troughs. A trough that is too small for a hot day is the reason a cow stops eating. See Water Troughs And Algae.
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energy · watts (W)
For sizing a solar array for the electric fence, the lights or a small freezer. Multiply the panel area by the irradiance you can count on, not the best case.
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kitchen · degrees C, hours
The whole of food safety in one line. See Food Safety In The Kitchen.
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agronomy · mm/day or mm/season
The basic scheduling method. Multiply the daily water use by the crop stage, take off the rain, and divide by how well your system actually delivers.
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workshop · Wh, Ah
For a shed, a fence charger or a small system. Size for the dark weeks of winter, not the bright ones. See Solar And Battery Storage.
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