CHAPTER V 
PLOWING 
‘i proper plowing is one of the most im- 
portant steps in soil building is apparent on 
close study. 
That soil is improved by stirring is a truth only de- 
nied by the ignorant and unobserving man. It is one 
of Nature’s ways of aiding in soil building. The plows 
and cultivators of Nature are the roots of trees and 
plants. 
In the spring and growing seasons of the year, if one 
could see into the soil covered with the forests and vege- 
tation, he would see the roots shooting out and down 
into the soil as animated beings, and as they grow in 
size he would see the soil loosened up by their action, 
and the pushing this way and that way of the roots and 
rootlets stirs the soil more effectively than if stirred by 
the plow. 
This observation of one of Nature’s ways shows the 
importance of soil stirring. 
I claim that soil should be stirred frequently. If it 
were possible to break up soils several times a year, 
their fertility would be increased. 
It is one of Nature’s ways to be busy. She is never 
idle. Nature will not allow soil to be idle, except in 
the winter season. 
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