LESSON FOR THE FARM 



L. H. Bailey, Director 

 Course for the Farm, Royal Gilkey, Supervisor 



VOL. II. No. 42 



ITHACA, NEW YORK 

 JUNE 15, 1913 



THE SOIL SERIES 

 No. 2 



TILTH AND TILLAGE OF THE SOIL 



Elmer O. Fippin 



A good soil should provide a congenial place for the development of 

 plant roots. It should be deep enough to permit their normal spread. 



Fig. 86. — Good tilth of soil. 



(Double sulky plow, an implement that is increasing in 

 favor for level land) 



It should carry the right amount of water, maintain a satisfactory tem- 

 perature, and have adequate ventilation. It should have a chemical 

 nature that will be congenial to plant roots and to useful organisms in 



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