CHAPTER II 

 TILLAGE 



OBJECTS OF PLOWING 



Plowing Not Monotonous. — Did you ever wonder as 

 you watched men plowing, why they were doing it? Or 

 did you ever think that plowing must be very monotonous 

 work — going forth and back, forth and back, across the 

 fieFd day after day? Plowing is not unpleasant work. In 

 fact, most men like to plow. It is a quiet, peaceful work, 

 and after the rush and anxiety of harvest time, it really 

 seems restful. It is certainly not monotonous work, if one 

 knows why one is plowing, and how and when to plow. 



Plowing Mellows the Soil. — One of the chief reasons 

 for plowing is to stir the soil and make it loose and mellow, 

 so the air can circulate through it, and so the moisture 

 can settle down into it. When the soil has settled all sum- 

 mer and had the heavy rains beating on it, it becomes 



Figure 6. Good plowing done with a breaker. 



