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TILLAGE An Excess Of Nitrogen Controlling Root-growth Cultivation Of Plants Desirable Physical Condition Of The Soil Elimination Of Competition Method Of Plowing Subsoiling The Breaking-plow The Disk Harrow Time Of Plowing Types Of Plows More from TILLAGE Crops And Methods For Soil Improvement A Bit Of Arithmetic A Clean Seed-bed A Few Combinations Are Safest A Practical Test A Southern Legume A Three Years' Rotation Acid Phosphate Acquaintance With Terms Adaptation To Eastern Needs Affecting Physical Condition All The Nitrogen From Clover Alsike Clover Amount Of Application Amount Of Manure An Excess Of Nitrogen Too much nitrogen, due to heavy manuring or other cause, produces an excessive growth of stalk or straw, at the expense of grain production, in the case of corn, wheat, and other cereals. It produces a rank growth of potato vines and partial failure of the crop of tubers. It produces a tender growth of straw or vine that invites injury from fungous diseases. It is the rule that soils have a deficiency in nitrogen, but when there is an excess, the best cure comes through use of such crops as timothy, cabbage, and ensilage corn. Heavy applications of rock-and-potash fertilizers assist in recovery of right conditions, but are not wholly effective until exhaustive crops have removed some of the nitrogen. Next: Desirable Physical Condition Of The Soil Previous: Method Of Applying Fertilizers Report Privacy SHARE BOOKMARK Viewed 146