CHAPTER VII. 

 CROPS. 



In this chapter a brief account will be given of the compo- 

 sition and manurial requirements of the various crops grown 

 on a farm mana^jed according to the usual English methods, 

 together with a few notes concerning the chief semi-tropical 

 and tropical crops grown in some of the British colonies. 



Many methods of classifying crops might be used ; the 

 following is convenient, and will be adopted here : 



I. Crops in which the seed or fruit is the portion most 

 valued. 

 II. Crops which are grown mainly for the sake of the 

 root or tuber. 

 III. Crops in which the foliage and stem are the most 

 important. 



Class I. includes chiefly grain crops and fruits. 

 Class II. comprises turnips, potatoes, beets, <fec. 

 Class III. consists chiefly of gramineous (grasses), leguminous, 

 and other plants. 



Class I. — Grain and Fruit Crops. 

 These may be subdivided into : 



1. Cereals — wheat, barley, oats, rye, rice, maize, millet, 



Kafiir corn, <fec. 

 2 Leguminous seeds — beans, peas, cow-pea, soy bean, 



lentils, lupines, earth-nut. 

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