SUNSHINE FARMING 



illarity at the top is our foe and must be 

 killed dead. 



It is interesting to remark that, in the 

 main, the same culture processes which as- 

 sist percolation or the jugging of water also 

 act favorably, helping capillarity below, 

 breaking it at the top. At any rate no act 

 which furthers the jugging hinders the re- 

 tention, and vice versa. 



You therefore double-disk in the spring 

 as early as snow and frost are gone. Plow 

 pretty soon after, deep if the soil is heavy, 

 and deep every third year even if the soil 

 is light. Then go over the ground with the 

 sub-surface packer, an arrangement of 18 

 or 20 sharp-edged wheels rolling parallel to 

 each other, pressing the soil partly down- 

 ward and partly sidewise, so as to crush all 

 crusts and lumps and fill all hollow spaces 

 at the bottom of furrows or elsewhere, 

 making the soil firm while porous. A roller 

 and then a light harrow immediately fol- 

 low, the same day at any rate, and, if hot or 

 windy, the same hour. From this moment 

 on, at frequent intervals, and especially 



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