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The effect of the “gyrotiller” on crop yield

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

F. H. Garner
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Cambridge
H. G. Sanders
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Cambridge

Extract

1. In two experiments on heavy land (one continued for four, and the other for three years) gyrotilling has been compared with normal cultivations, and no significant increase in yield has been obtained, although in five out of seven experimental crops the actual difference was very slightly in favour of gyrotilling.

2. In two experiments on light land (one continued for three, and one for two years) gyrotilling has been compared with normal cultivations (ploughing and subsoiling, and also, in one case, ploughing alone), and in all five experimental crops there was a slight depression in yield, which was only significant in one case, connected with gyrotilling.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1938

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