PLOWING 3s 
its character, when too wet is a crime against Nature’s 
laws, and punishment follows, quick and sure. 
The passing of the plow through the soil presses the 
soil grains together until the soil turned over becomes 
dense and impervious to water or plant roots. The soil 
thus turned over becomes like unburnt bricks dried in the 
sun, and ventilation is completely shut off. Its use- 
fulness as a home for plant roots is destroyed. 
And even if the surface soil be sufficiently dry but 
the subsoil too wet, the passing of the plow through 
the soil will press the soil together under the plow and 
we get a compact stratum of earth below the top soil 
which will hold water above it and prevent moisture 
rising when needed. 
All this shows the importance of plowing at the right 
time and with the right kind of plow. 
There has been great evolution in breaking plows; we 
have many kinds and makes. The writer has tested all 
kinds and is convinced that the disc plow is the best of 
all. 
A disc plow will plow soil that no other plow will. 
It is the only plow that will successfully turn under corn 
stalks and heavy masses of organic matter and thor- 
oughly incorporate it into the soil. 
The furrow slice plowed by a disc plow is broken off 
from the soil below, thus preventing the pressing to- 
gether of the soil grains. 
Any other kind of a plow in passing through the soil 
smooths or slicks the bottom of the furrow slice, and 
the bottom of the furrow, which interferes with soil 
ventilation and the rising of moisture. 
