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lands in Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota this method might 

 not prove successful. Here a thorough preparation of the soil is 

 first necessary. The land should be sub-soil-plowed to the depth 

 of twelve (12) inches to provide a reservoir of water during the 

 rainy periods to be drawn upon by the plants as needed. If only 

 shallow plowing is done the soil is very apt to dry and kill the 

 plants. The plowing should be done as early as possible in the 

 spring so as to give the plants the full benefit of the spring rains. 

 It is, however, questionable whether the planting on these soils 

 fit for agriculture will ever assume the dimensions of forest plant- 

 ing. Shelterbelts and wind breaks will probably continue to be 

 the object of the planter on the prairie and plain. 



E. P. Sandsten. 



