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THE OLIVER PLOW BOOK 



these fields are plowed, as soon as possible after the crop 

 has been harvested, deep enough so that the stalks will 

 not appear above the ground and the surface of the field 

 kept clean there is not much opportunity for a weevil to 

 survive in that place. All the neighbors doing this kind 

 of plowing, cutting down weeds and grass in the fence 

 corners and burning them, seeing to it that the trash 

 and surface vegetation near the cotton fields have all 

 been burned, aid very materially in reducing the boll 

 weevil pest. 



An entirely different sort of plowing is necessary to 

 get rid of the white grub. The white grub is lazy, that 

 is he will stay on the surface of the ground as long as he 



Contrast this field and plowing with that shown on page seventy -three. 

 The thorough covering of cotton stales and the mellow condition of the 

 soil mean that this farmer is giving his crop the best start possible. 



