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to receive and store as much of the rain as 

 possible in the fall, winter and early spring. 

 Later in the summer, the land may be leveled, 

 plowed and worked back into a firm, well pul- 

 verized seed bed, suitable for sowing winter wheat. 

 In preparing a fallow for seeding spring wheat, 

 the furrowed condition should be continued 

 until late summer or early fall. The listing method 



Fig. 12. Late fall cultivation of summer fallow with twelve 

 shovel, two-row corn cultivator to conserve moisture and pre- 

 vent drifting. 



