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next, and then do some spring plowing before 

 sowing fall plowing. Many farmers make the 

 mistake of sowing fall plowing first and then 

 wonder why the crop is light and weedy. 



" I do not claim that my method is the best that 

 can be followed but the principle remains, that 

 whatever method is adopted I am a firm believer 

 in the plank drag before the seeder. 



"The most important point to insure a good 

 quality of grain and increased yield is to sow 

 good seed in a good seed bed and have uniformity. 

 All these three go hand-in-hand you cannot 

 separate them. 



"By good seed I mean seed of a pure variety, 

 well cleaned and free from broken grains, small 

 grains, light grains, or immature grains, as well 

 as weed seeds, so that the result is uniform seed. 

 A good seed bed is one that is well prepared, as 

 outlined above, giving a uniform depth, insuring 

 uniform germination, uniform growth, uniform 

 heading out, uniform ripening, uniform grain for 

 the binder to operate on, uniform sheaves, less 

 waste in cutting, a uniform surface for the binder 

 to run on and make nicely bound sheaves. You 

 also have uniform grain of a uniform quality. 

 Besides, when the plow goes on the land again it 

 runs more smoothly and turns a furrow at a uni- 

 form depth. Therefore, uniformity plays a most 

 important part, no matter what methods are 

 adopted. 



"I wish again to lay stress on the use of the 

 plank drag. I would not care to farm without it. 

 If I could follow out my own inclination I would 



