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able to have an ideal seed bed liberally supplied 

 with available fertility under which conditions 

 either fall or spring seeding will start off under 

 favorable conditions. 



The old plan was to break thin, then backset 

 about as much deeper. The above plan is more 

 economical and will bring better results if strict 

 attention is given to details. 



CHAPTER XVIII 

 THE SOIL AUGER IN TILLAGE EDUCATION 



Of all the details in soil culture, none are more 

 vital and yet less understood than the utility of 

 soil water. Water is wasted by the average 

 farmer and we all know that water is the factor 

 so much needed to bring us a good crop. We 

 look for the rain; we hope for it; we long for it 

 and pray for it ; yet when it comes we allow a large 

 per cent of it to go to waste and seemingly with 

 no concern whatever, as to its utility and enorm- 

 ous value. We make no preparation to receive it. 

 We put forth little effort to store and conserve it. 

 Why are we all so lax regarding a question of 

 such vital and universal importance? Because 

 we have not been educated along this line. We 

 are too much inclined to look to and trust the 

 heavens for sufficient and timely rain. 



THE SOIL AUGER, WHAT IT WILL SHOW YOU 



There is no implement so little used on the farm 

 and yet so capable of conveying a wider scopef of 



