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great surprise at the quickness and rankness of 

 the growth of plants on well handled fields and 

 late planted in 1913 and 1914 with their drouthy 

 conditions and excessive heat; but with the cool 

 season of 1915 and its excessive rainfall which has 

 brought about such a difference in favor of early 

 and continuous careful tillage and later planting 

 by three and four weeks, which has been reported 

 by more than forty farmers, we are earnestly in- 

 clined to urge all farmers to try experiments, 

 that they may see with their own eyes how easy 

 they can not only slip by a modest drouth without 

 injury to the crop, but very materially increase 

 the growth and final yield. 



Remember distinctly our faith in the apparent 

 advantage of this later planting is based almost 

 wholly on the effect of early and continued timely 

 tillage. 



CORN FOR GRAIN AND ENSILAGE 



Basing our conclusions on the results of the 

 experiments just noted, and taking the south line 

 of Nebraska and the center of the state as a base 

 where semi-humid conditions usually prevail and 

 where corn planting time has been, as a rule, 

 about May tenth, we would urge the trial of 

 continued cultivation for 2 to 4 weeks, regardless 

 of the fact that you are delaying the usual time 

 of planting, depending for the wide range of two 

 weeks upon the soil, season and location. 



But to those who try it, we say to give it a 

 careful and thorough trial, and study well what 

 we have said regarding the preparatory work, 



