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A plough that has a rather long point with a 

 well turned moldboard. In my experience 

 a good one is the Syracuse Landslide plough. 

 There are also many other ploughs that will 

 do as good a job. 



HARROWING 



When the spring opens and the soil Is fit 

 to work, if the land has been fall ploughed, 

 harrowing can start. This consists of drag- 

 ging a pulverizing tool back and forth across 

 the field. The disk harrows are the best 

 tools for this purpose, and by using these, 

 lapping one half each time, the soil can be 

 put in very good condition for the finer 

 harrow. If the soil Is inclined to be lumpy 

 or contains much clay or coarse fibre, it is 

 oftentimes advisable to cross lap disk, thus 

 breaking up these particles and leaving the 

 field in finer tilth. 



Immediately after disking, use the common 

 spike tooth harrow or spring tooth, set 

 shallow. This tool not only fines the earth 

 more than the disk, but has a tendency to 

 keep the land level. It Is advisable to lap 

 the tool one third and cross lap harrow If 

 the soil Is not in the required condition. 



