PREPARING THE SEED BED 



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ground is not too wet. In this latitude there is only about 

 one winter in four when plowing is possible because of the 

 frost. 



SPRING PLOWING 



Fields which have been in corn the previous year must, 

 of necessity, be plowed in the spring. Just how early spring 

 plowing can start depends largely upon the weather during 



(Courtesy John Deere Plow Co.) 



FULL DISC HAKKQW WITH TEUCK 

 One of the necessary implements on the farm 



March and April. A wet spring will delay plowing even on 

 well drained fields. So long as the furrow slice and the 

 particles of soil run together rather than crumble, plowing 

 had better be postponed, unless the^plowing is done very early 

 in the spring and is followed by several frosts. 



There is no logic in the expression that "if ground is 

 plowed wet it should be worked wet all summer." Owing 

 to the rush of spring work we have sometimes plowed ground 



