The book Modern Rice Culture El Cultivo Moderno Del Arroz was written by author Wilfred J Boudreau Here you can read free online of Modern Rice Culture El Cultivo Moderno Del Arroz book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Modern Rice Culture El Cultivo Moderno Del Arroz a good or bad book?
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(Fig. 8. ) The seed may be sown to the depth of 2 inches in May and June, and at the rate of 2 bushels to the acre. When the soil is very dry a roller should FIG. 8. A rice drill. 12 FARMERS' BULLETIN. be dragged over the field so as to compact the ground, thereby increasing the capillary power of the soil and thus causing moisture to rise from be- low. Should water be available, however, a better plan is to apply a suffi- cient quantity of it to saturate the soil and to pass a light harrow ove...r the field as soon as it is sufficiently dry. DRAINAGE. Although rice is a water plant, good drainage is as essential in its cultivation as it is in that of any other crop. If the land will not admit of thorough drainage, it will be impossible to prepare the ground prop- erly, and in consequence the stand will be poor and the yield of the crop very much diminished. It is generally believed, too, that when rice approaches maturity the water should be withdrawn from the land so as to permit of the formation of a good heavy head.
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