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IH. — Preparing the Ground j By C. V. GREGORY, J Agricultural S/W//en. lotma SVat* College | ^ ^AmcriCTn^PTVM AmmerAstiou ^ ^

SNOB the condition of the so has so much to do with the readiness with which the plants can get food from It one of the moat Important problems that confront the fanner Js the proper preparation of the ground. The first work of preparation usually consists of plowing. Plowing the ground pulverises it to some extent and buries the weeds and trash that may be on the surface. Plowing should not be done when the soil is too wet, or the first of these objects win not be accomplished. Instead of being pulverised, the slice turned up by the plow will be packed together more firmly than ever and ' -ni bake IfltO ft hard clod. " The for { row , slice will also turn up cloddy If the soil is too dry. A good way to tell when a field Is In | proper condition to be plowed is to ; squeeze n ball of the dirt id your hand. ; It It sticks together in a pasty mass ! you had l«'ttor let It dry a few days longer. If ii hangs loosely together In a mealy baU the plow can be set to work at once. Such soil will fall over the edge of the moldboard In loose. , crumbly masses. The field will not be ridged like a washboard, as too many fields are, but will aptly demonstrate the mith of the old saying that "a field well plowed is half harrowed." In order to do a neat job of plowing a colter and a weed hook are necessa-

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1 ry attachments. By using them all the , I trash can be turned under completely, j This not only hastens toe decay of ; gnch matter, but also adds greatly to . the looks of the field. Too many farrn- ! ersdo not pay enough attention to lows. A ragged looking field may raise Just as large a crop as a smooth ane, It Is true, but the farmer who Is gareless In his plowing is likely to be •treless in everything else. If the plowing Is done In the fall It ] Coo* not matter so much whether It tarns np cloddy or not. The hard 1 freezes of winter are tjie best pulverizers that ever tore a 'clod to pieces. 1 1 This is one of the advantages of fall 1 plowing. One of the disadvantages Is : that In an open winter the soil Is 11a- 1 ble to wash badly. This can be pre- : Tented to some extent, however, by ! planting a catch crop, such as oats or millet, on the field after plowing. 1 The depth of plowing will vary with the cdhdltlons. A light, aandy soil : does not need to be plowed as deeply as a heavier one. If the ground Is 1 plowed the same depth every year the ' bottom of the furrow will become bard ■ and the roots will have difficulty In < getting through It readily. A good plan 1 is to begin at, say four Inches, and ' plow one-half Inch deeper each year until a depth of seven or eight Inches 1 Is reached. Then go back to four 1 Inches and begin oTer again. In this 1 way a little new soil Is turned up I every season and the layer of surface t •oil gradually deepened. i Spring plowing should be shallower 1 than that done In .the fall. The soil Is 1 full of tiny pores, Its structure being much the same as that of light bread. 1 If you will put one corner of a slice j •f bread In a dish of water you will 1 ■otlce that It becomes wet for a con- 1 ■iderable distance above the surface 1 of the water. This Is caused by the moisture flowing upward through the 1 little holes In the bread. The force £ that causes water to rise In a small tube Is called capillarity. It Is this capillarity that makes the water rise from the subsoil up to the surface where the roots can use it The •mailer the capillary tubes the faster and higher the water will rise. When the ground is plowed these capillary tubes are broken up. and.the rise of water Is checked. To start it agalu the soli must be allowed to settle for a long time or else be worked down with the disk, harrow or roller. In the fall the depth of plowing does not mat- t ter. since the furrow slice will have all winter In which to settle. But In the o j spring this capillarity must be restored a almost at once or the surface layer t j will become so dry that germination |i j and later growth will be checked, f j Hence the Importance of shallow plow- t | lng, so as to reduce the labor of disk- • 1 lng and harrowing. If the surface of m j the ground Is crusted or If there Is jfi j much trash to be turned under the • field 6hould be. disked before it Is g plowed. This will provide for a layer b of fine dirt In the bottom of the fur- e fow. which will pack down closely and help to restore capillarity. ' p If the furrow turns up "shiny" or I ■hows any tendency to bake Into clods fi It should be harrowed' every half day. ! b or every day at least. This seems like ' b a great deal of extra work, but If a 1 gi harrow is kept In the field It does not w take lone to hit' h on to It and go over | v, the newly plowed strip just before 01 quitting for noon or night. A few j B, minuejs spent In harrowing at such i g]

, times will pulverise -the ground mora 1 than boors of work after it baa becoin* dry and baked. . The tall plowing will usually need te . be 'gone over with the disk to get it la ' *d»pc fur planting. The superior condition obtained by double disking— " that is. letting the disk "lap half'— will more than pay for the extra labor. , There is an additional advantage In s that the surface is left smooth. Disk- " lng spring plowing la seldom seces . MIY- ' In cases where improper plowing has j left a field cloddy the roller may often I be used to advantage. A corrugated ' roller Is better for this purpose than a smooth one, as It tends to crush the 1 clods rather than to simply push them 1 down Into the finer dirt.' A homemade "plank er" or clod crusher will often answer the purpose aa well as a 1 roller. The roller packs the ground consid- ' •rably and so quickens the capillary rise of water. If the surface Is left smooth much of the moisture that comes up will be lost by evaporation, and later In the season the crop will be likely to suffer from drought. To avoid fbis the roller should be followed Immediately ^y the harrow. 1 This loosens a thin layer of surface soil. When the capillary water reaches this loose layer Its rise Is checked, and comparatively llttleis lost by evaporation. For "this 6qg>e reason it Is often well to. harrow fall plowing aa soon as It Is dry .enough In the spring, especially If disking Is not to be done until late. After the ground Is plowed and disk- , ed the harrow must be UBed to complete the preparation for planting.' There are many kinds of harrows, but none that are better than the ordinary spike tooth. These are made In all - styles and sizes. The -barrow is economical to use. since It gets over 1 ground so rapidly. The best time to j barrow In order to pulverize the soli is Immediately after a light shower. The little clods will then be softened and will be easily knocked to pieces. To kill weeds, however. It is better to wait until the soil Is a little drier, as barrowing a wet field will transplant the weeds rather than destroy them. Do not be afraid to harrow too much. , No work that you can put on a field 1 better. No other Implement will r kill as many weeds in so short a time. * and no other machine will tear clods to " pieces so rapidly. A field well plowed - and disked and harrowed until It Is In . as fine tilth as It Is possible to make It Is an Ideal seed Vjcd. Seed planted In " such a soil will stari under the most J favorable conditions. If the seed Itself Is strong and the after treatment what It should be. a maximum crop may be . Not all fields need to be plowed be- 1 tore -the crop Is put in. It is a general j practice In the corn belt to sow smim grain on stalk fields without any previous, preparation. Experiments have , shown that small grain does not yield j enough more on plowed corn stalk j ground to pay the cost of plowing. * frequently they do not yield as much. Where small grain follows small grain, however, plowing Is nec- T essary to kjjl weeds and loosen the K surface soil. It does not need to be h loosened as deeply as for corn, how- K since the small grain plants are {[ hardier than corn and the roots are £ aggressive In pushing through a K soil. While plowing stalk ground is un- e it will usually be found t profitable to disk the land before seed- K This chops up the cornstalks ft and provides a mellow layer of soil K the seed to germinate In. - Ej Where the oats are to be put In with K drill the ground should be double jfj previously. If sown broadcast H

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afterward will cover them better than two after sowing. The drill Is becom- | more popular for sowing oats, and I N so. It places the seed at an j depth and covers them all. It seed because it places all of It where It has an opportunity to grow. ■ After the oats are drilled or disked in 1 ■t least two harrowlngs should' be I given. Even three or four would not i too masy, since this Is the last chance to cultivate the crop. , In some parts of the corn belt the r practice of listing con, is followed. consists In throwing up a large ~ furrow and planting the corn Is the of it In this case there can little previous preparation of the ground unless It Is to go over It once with the disk. Corn Is listed only on I light soils, which do not puddle become cloddy easily. Such soils j, seed less preparation than the heavier and loams.

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