IDEAL FERTILIZERS 5 



needs two or three tons to the acre, while one ton is 

 often sufficient for light, open soil. If the clearing is 

 too small to alloAV bu} r ing car lots of crushed limestone 

 hydrated lime can be used, but as this form is in much 

 finer particles it acts more quickly and one ton per acre 

 is the average application. The lime should be spread 

 broadcast after plowing and harrowed in. This work is 

 generally completed in the spring. 



Cover Crops Cowpeas, velvet beans, or beggar weed 

 should be planted. In the fall, the cover crop should 

 be mowed and dried. (Never turn under green vegeta- 

 tion.) Unless a disk plow is to be used for next plowing, 

 thorough work should now be done with a disk harrow, 

 cutting the vines and mixing them with the soil. 



Second Plowing A disk plow is best, but so far, 

 few are used in the State. Very satisfactory results can 

 be obtained with a good turn plow run as deep as the 

 surface soil allows and followed in furrow with subsoil 

 plow, each implement drawn by double team. Most of 

 our soils crumble, but on heavy soils which hold their 

 form the furrow should be thrown at a 45-degree angle, 



Harrowing The harrow should immediately follow 

 the plow to level the land that there be less exposed sur- 

 face and to create a dust mulch to break capillary action. 

 This conserves the moisture content. It is in the fall 

 season now and our land is ready either for vegetables 

 or trees, but in most cases the one comes out ahead who 

 "makes haste slowly" and does not plant his trees until 

 the second year. 



