SOILS AND CROPS. 



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Farm Climate. 



The first practical item of the home 

 ing of the seasons. On the days avail- 

 able for work in spring and fall de- 

 pend the crops and their yields. 



The following useful suggestions in 

 table form show the days available for 

 farm work in the mild climate and the 

 raw climate: 



Mild Climate. 



Spring 53-65 working days. 



Summer 73-85 



Fall 76-88 



Raw Climate. 



Spring 19-21 working days. 



Summer 99-114 



Fall 32-42 



A delay of 7 days in seeding wheat 

 reduces the yield 30%; 14 days reduces 

 40%; 21 days reduces 50%. A week 

 late in seeding cuts the oat yield 15%, 

 the barley yield 23%, the pea yield 4%. 



Growing crops require rainfall, heat 

 and sunlight in definite quantities. 



Balanced Supply. 



A plant must have each and every 

 one of the different plant foods. Each 

 is essential to aid in some particular 

 function, and no one can be substi- 

 tuted for another. Nature has sup- 

 plied an abundance oi most of the 

 essential foods, but sometimes some 

 of them are lacking or are in an un- 

 available condition. Of all the ele- 

 ments of plant foods which are essen- 

 tial, only a few are often in this 

 condition. These are nitrogen, phos- 

 phoric acid, potash and lime. The 

 term, plant food, as ordinarily used 

 by farmers, includes nitrogen, phos- 

 phoric acid and potash only, not that 

 these are any more essential to plant 

 growth than are the other substances, 

 but because of the deficiency of them 

 in many soils, and their correspond- 

 ing commercial importance. 



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