INDEX TO SUBHEADINGS 



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Seven Points or Classes in Tillage 9 



Class 1. Planning Tillage Work 11 



Class 2. Preparation of Soil to Plow 11 



Class 3. Plowing 12 



Class 4. Physical Condition of Soil 13 



Class 5. Keeping Up Tillage 13 



Class 6. Planting 14 



Class 7. Cultivation 14 



Success With Right Principles 20 



Every Farmer an Investigator 23 



Mr. G. W. Hahn's Home 25 



Spring Tillage 28 



Summer Tillage 33 



Plowing the Summer Tilled Land 34 



Fall Tilling 37 



Plowing for Winter Wheat 39 



Seed Corn 41 



Thick or Thin Planting 43 



Corn Cultivation 44 



Harrow and Cultivate 45 



Purpose of Cultivation 46 



Cultivation of Listed Corn 48 



Late Cultivation of Corn 50 



Results of Spring Tillage and Late Planting 52 



Other Results Obtained 55 



Corn for Grain and Ensilage 57 



Winter Wheat and Tillage 67 



Further Evidence 70 



More Evidence 77 



Why This Remarkable Stooling and Growth 82 



Influence of Ideal Conditions 84 



Look Out for Blowing 86 



The Problem of Weeds 87 



Effect of Rains on Summer Tilling 89 



Advantage of Pacific Coast in Summer Tilling 90 



Fall Seeding of Summer Tilled Land 92 



The Remedy for Too Thick Stand 93 



Fall Seeding on Fall Tilled Land 93 



Spring Wheat 94 



Crops and Soil Fertility 96 



Cane Hay a Valuable Crop 98 



Spring Tilling for Cane Hay 98 



How to Plant Cane Seed 100 



Quantity of Cane Seed 101 



Cane for Silo 101 



Preparing for Trees 109 



Planting the Trees 109 



Small Fruit Ill 



Breaking Sod for Crop Ill 



The Soil Auger What It Will Show You 112 



Kind and Size of Soil Auger 114 



How to Begin Investigation 114 



Water Holding Capacity of Soil 115 



When to Use the Soil Auger 116 



Examining the Soil Moisture 118 



The Auger as Tillage Indicator 119 



Some Strong Endorsements of Our Work 122 



