Friday, February 21, 2014

As already explained

As already explained



There is danger in plowing into the soil at one time any bountiful green crop like cowpeas. As already explained on page 10,(**ref) a process called capillarity enables moisture to rise in the soil as plants need it. Now if a heavy cowpea crop or any other similar crop be at one plowing turned into the soil, the soil particles will be so separated as to destroy capillarity. Too much vegetation turned under at once may also, if the weather be warm, cause fermentation to set in and "sour the land." Both of these troubles may be avoided by cutting up the vines with a disk harrow or other implement before covering them.



Source: Agriculture for Beginners

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