Worms

Craig Cramer (cdcramer@clarityconnect.com)
Sun, 19 Apr 1998 16:53:03 -0400

Vaughn mentioned searching for worm info on the web. Yes. There is a lot.
If you run into anything particularly interesting on your searches, please
let me know.

One of my favorite worm pages is "Earthworms and Crop Management" from
Purdue University agronomist Eileen J. Kladivko. While it's mostly crop
(as opposed to pasture) oriented, it makes a good primer.

Especially like this table:

Table 1. Earthworm populations on silty clay loam near West Lafayette, IN.

Crop* Management* Earthworms/m2

Cont. corn Plow 10
Cont. corn No-till 20
Cont. soybeans Plow 60
Cont. soybeans No.till 140
Bluegrass-Clover Alleyway 400
Dairy pasture Manure 340
Dairy pasture Manure(heavy) 1300

So sure, no-till cropping can double earthworms. But if earthworms are
what you want, you know what you need to do.

The page is at:

http://hermes.ecn.purdue.edu:8001/http_dir/acad/agr/extn/agr/acspub/html/AY/
ay279.html

Craig

Craig Cramer
mailto:cdcramer@clarityconnect.com
Sustainable Farming Connection -- "Where farmers find and share information."
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-- Jim Hightower

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