AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



87 



from both lots was the same; while of the Surehead and 

 Harvest Home, the average weights were seven per cent, 

 and thirteen per cent, respective greater from the mulched 

 plants. 



Deduction: Indications point to an advantageous use of a mulch 

 in growing cabbages especially in a dry season. 



4. Shallow cultivation vs. deep cultivation : The value of 

 thorough cultivation has in recent years been greatly emphasized, 

 though not unduly so, but as to just what is implied by thorough 

 cultivation there may be a difference of opinion. 



It has been our practice to use the cultivator with much freedom in 

 the cultivation of nearly all garden vegetables and where the plants 

 are set out carefully in straight rows the cultivator is usually run as 

 close to the plants as possible without disturbing them. This be- 

 comes in many cases a method of root pruning. In order to deter- 

 mine, if possible, whether this method of cultivation has any specific 

 effect upon the results obtained, twenty plants from each of four 

 \arieties were given the cultivation described above while four 

 similar lots were given only such cultivation as could be furnished 

 with a common hoe, though with the same frequency as the plants 

 receiving deep cultivation. 



The results are given in table IV. 



TABLE IV. 

 SHALLOW VS. DEEP CULTIVATION. 



Variety and Treatment. 



M° 





m 









fi 





r. 









- 



bJD 







C 



5 



n 



a 



C i 



<nr- 





+= cS 





C - 



- 



cs 



Harvest Home. 



Shallow cultivation 

 Deep cultivation — 



Lupton. 



Shallow cultivation 

 Deep cultivation 



One-hundred Weight. 

 Shallow cultivation 

 Deep cultivation 



Surehead. 



Shallow cultivation 

 Deep cultivation — 



6.4 

 9.S 



7.9 

 8.9 



8.1 

 6.8 



10.0 

 8.1 



0.9 

 3.1 



1.6 

 1.5 



1.3 

 3.2 



3.0 

 1.0 



4.9 



5.6 

 6.0 



5.4 

 4.8 



6.6 



52.6 

 5.0 



12.5 



11.1 



.0 



10.5 

 .0 



5.3 .72 

 .01.00 



5.3 .93 

 6.21.00 



.01.12 

 16.71.00 



.HI. 16 

 5.31.00 



