CAMPBELL S SOIL CULTURE MANUAL 



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very strong evidence as to the value of this class of work, 

 where, by this very careful preparing of the soil, having 

 plowed about seven inches deep, followed our plow closely 

 with the sub-surface packer, and the packer with the har- 

 row, going over our fields immediately after the heavy 

 rains or as soon as the soil was sufficiently dry to permit it 



The 1904 Wheat Crop, Pomeroy Farm, Kansas. 



we had formed a fine, firm and very moist seed bed. Under 

 these conditions twelve quarts of seed was found to be 

 ample. Its germination was so quick and the rapid de- 

 velopment of roots brought about by the very favorable 

 physical condition of the soil, caused the liberal stooling, 

 and in thirty days after seeding our ground was nearly 

 or quite covered with the wheat. The immediate disking 



