DEPTH OF PLOWING 



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be worked. The result is a seed bed with a poor cap- 

 illary connection with the sub-surface. This fact, and 

 also the fact that barren soils are often turned over 

 make deep plowing in the spring questionable in a 

 great many localities, but where the soil can be turned 

 over in a friable condition and contains abundant plant 

 food, there is little to worry about deep plowing in the 

 spring providing the seed bed is compacted as it should be. 





This depth of plowing attempted with a base designed for medium 

 depth plowing reoeals a badly turned furrow slice, poorly cleaned furrow 

 bottom. The illustration on the next page shows a side view of this 

 plowing. 



