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something to your soil by turning under green 

 weeds. 



We have repeatedly seen fields that were well 

 double-disked following the harvester in July in 

 elegant condition and being plowed four to six 

 weeks later with soil rolling over nice and moist, 

 when adjoining fields not thus treated were so 

 dry and hard that plowing was impossible. 



Do not forget the following seven advantages 

 in double-disking after the harvester. 



1. Retains the moisture you may need next 

 year. 



2. Soil becomes moist while very warm and 

 more plant food is made available. 



3. Soil becomes moist and plowing can be suc- 

 cessfully done earlier and later. 



4. Prolongs the period of good plowing. 



5. Soil plowed mo st can be worked down into 

 a good seed bed while dry soil cannot. 



6. Moist soil saves plow shears and horse power. 



7. It all sums up into a foundation for bigger 

 and better crops next year. 



PLOWING FOR WINTER WHEAT 



Plowing in fall tilling for wheat should begin as 

 soon after harvest as the soil is sufficiently moist 

 to permit good plowing. If the land has been 

 well handled and a fair amount of moisture had 

 fallen prior to harvest and the wheat field disked 

 after the harvester, there will soon be found 

 moisture enough to plow well. The depth of 

 plowing should be from 5 to 7 inches depending, 

 as previously stated, upon soil conditions. Follow- 



