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be turned less deeply, with the expectation that it will be plowed more 

 deeply in subsequent plowings. One great advantage of the deep plowing 

 at the outset is that the moisture may get down into the sub-soil. Before 

 the land is broken the moisture seldom goes down very far. It rather runs 

 away over the surface. The more deeply the land is plowed the more read- 

 ily does the moisture go down into the sub-soil; hence, if it cannot be plow- 

 ed deeply at first, the aim should be to deepen the plowing subsequently 

 as soon as this can be done -without too great an expenditure of power. The 

 aim should also be to avoid plowing the land when it is dry, as when 

 plowed while in this condition there is waste in the power called for. But 

 some seasons it may be necessary to plow land when it is thus drv. 



1913 Corn Grown Near Malta. 



When plowed in the spring the land should be packed as soon as plow- 

 ed. Unless in the early spring it should be the aim to pack the land the 

 same day that it is plowed. The sub-surface packer may be used if avail- 

 able. If not, the ordinary disc Avill do fairly well, l)ut the discs should be 

 set at so small an angle that sods will not be brought to the surface. Usu- 

 ally, autumn plowed land does not need to be packed. The object of pack- 

 ing is to so firmi the land th.at it will not too readilv lose mioisture. 



In ordinary farming the mission of the harrow ordinarilv is to prenare 



— Every Montana farmer carries a check book. 



