Deep or Shallow Planting of Maize.
This >is « subject upon "tf tffcjh there has been<»>ttdk difference of opbwjom • expressed by m*ia« growers. The l 'be3t«depth to plant must 'depend to a gimt'ifMSfcent upon the nature <of the soil as regaaxis moisture and some ether circumstances. But perhaps -the 'best way to enable growers to come to aright judgment on the 1 -general question: is to »do, as a writer •in an American ■agricultural journal lias 'done, and show by i a -diagram the mode of "growth and root ! formation of tho young ■ i.make plant. The _ accompanying cut exemplifies certain facts ' in connection with this master which may , n\ t .haN e been p-ejuewally observed, and which, whether tfoey prava or not the , correctness of the tiboory 6f oither side, will aifoi da tangible grounad 'is? discussion aiad;
thought. WTe are always glfcfi to throw our columns open for Hie pvcis table discussioa of any subject of iutevost to New Zealand farmers or others engaged in rueal pursuit*. T3fctn cis no knowledge ?o reliable as that <!©riv€d from the result (jf practical experience and observation under diverse circumstances. One man's (experience supplemeuts or corrects views founded on < the observation of another, and so {practical knowledge is .amplified and checked until it becomes of inestimable value to 4x\l. But, returning to the maize plant, we will quote the corr-e^pondent abovo refewsd to, [ where he says, \Vith regard to the question .of shallow or cUae^ planting—- " I do not intend here to offer any arguments pro or con. But I shall call on .the i principal witnees—'tlie corn plant itself— to U3tify on the subject. This question -Hike n^ny others M-hich theorize about without studying— , can bo made much cte&ror by a little careful observation of £ corn plant in it-< ead£< growth. To make the.^atter plainer, arid to induce criticiisni aud-experimej.t, illustrations of two young' corn .plants are produ-ed (see cut). Here x represents the development at a medium depth : ; yat a greater cUj&h. In both Ais the suifcce line, B the raQisfcure line ; at C ave,the»ioots thrown outA*^ the first joint, which is, -always carried upjt» just below the | moisture !Hne. The futuue root system of the, plan t.eontinueii to grow -from this point ; the joint below and the fe,\v icoots sent out at the &pravting of the kerxiel taking little or no part in the later work. The function of sliese lower roots, fend of the food stored i» tlie kernel, is to support the pkntlet until ii breaks through -the soil and exposes its lea*x« to light and air. From this development of the plant in e»rly life, one can readily me what depth of planting ia best for the health and thrift of com/
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 201, 30 April 1887, Page 8
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455Deep or Shallow Planting of Maize. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 201, 30 April 1887, Page 8
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