Journal of Agriculture. 



[8 Feb., 1907. 



MAIZE CULTIVATION. 



The illustrations on this page are eloquent of the advantages of growing 

 maize and such like summer fodd^er crops in rows, whereby inter-row cultj- 

 vation may be carried out at frequent intervals. A soil mulch is thereGy 

 continuously maintaiaied, and surface evaporation of moisture prevented. 

 While, when grown in rows, the number of plants to the acre is considerably 

 less than when broad-casted, ne\'ertheless the total bulk of fodder produced 



TWO MONTHS GROWTH BROAD-CASTED MAIZE. 



per acre is greater. Other advantages are that little more than one-fourth 

 the quantity of seed is required ; that one-half the quantity of artificial 

 manure will suffice, the manure being placed in the drill or furrow, where 

 it is at once available when the rootlings are formed ; and, finally, that the 



TWO MONTHS GRO\VTH IN DRILLS, WITH FOUR INTER-CULTIVATIONS. 



maize crop may be always made a certainty of independent of the condi- 

 tions of rainfall, irrigation, ox the like. 



The crops shown in both illustrations were sown on 7 th November, and 

 the photographs were taken on the same day (5th January). The same seed 

 was used, 20 lbs. to the acre, in rows, aJnd \\ bushels (84 lbs.) for the 

 broad-cast crop. Two hundredweights of superphosphate per acre were 

 applied to each crop at the time of sowing. The drilled crop was scarified 

 between the rows four times between the sowing and the taking of the 

 photograph, while the broad-casted crop was merely harrowed and rolled 

 after sowing and left. — S. S. C. 



