58 TILLAGE 



EXERCISES 



1. Make five seed plats and sow them in seed. After the plants come up 

 cultivate No. 1 every day, No. 2 every other day, No. 3 every third day, and 

 No. 4 every fourth day, but do not cultivate No. 5 at all. Note results and 

 explain. 



2. Plant some seed in cloddy ground, some in well-pulverized loose soil, 

 and some in closely compacted and well-pulverized soil. Note results and 

 explain. 



3. How many acres of ground can a man plow with a breaking plow in 

 a day ? How many can he plow with a cultivator ? 



QUESTIONS 



1. What fe tillage? 



2. Name the kinds of tillage. 



8. Enumerate the benefits of tillage. 



4. Discuss methods of tillage. 



5. Compare the methods of tillage in different parts of the United States. 



REFERENCES 



Soil and Crops of the Farm, George E. Morrow. 



The Soil, King. 



Some Interesting Soil Problems, Year Book, 1897. 



Physical Geography, Dryer. 



Compend of Geology, Le Conte. 



