62 Progressive Agriculture 



The length of time of extended cultivation must 

 depend absolutely on the location, conditions and 

 kind of crops to be grown. Our conclusions as to 

 value of this prolonged thorough fitting and later 

 planting are based on results actually shown in 

 dozens of practical field tests in the hot, dry 

 summers of 1913 and 1914, with many other tests 

 in the cool wet summer of 1915. These tests 

 covered a wide scope of conditions and country, 

 and therefore, we can say without hesitancy, 

 that the plan is not in the least detrimental in 

 cool, wet seasons but is a most marked advantage 

 and success in hot, dry seasons, if the right kind 

 of tillage is made use of with intelligence. 



Later planting with due consideration as to 

 kind of crop and location following proper pre- 

 paration, means more to the farmer in the semi- 

 humid sections than any other one thing possible 

 in increasing the magnitude and certainty of crops 

 in any and all years. While this is a comparatively 

 new problem we believe firmly in this conclusion. 



Like many other lines of effort to better the 

 average crop production, the prolonged tillage 

 idea before planting must have local consideration 

 and adjustment. The time of planting in your 

 field may be of necessity from three to ten days 

 later or earlier than in a field not many miles 

 away, because of local conditions regarding the 

 soil, summer warmth and autumn frost. 



We urge every farmer to try out these prin- 

 ciples, as to late planting, to permit of prolonging 

 the period of preparation for there is much in 

 them, in the way of greatly increased growth 



