Deep Plowing or Subsoiling With Red Cross Dynamite 

 Increases All Crops 



The value of Red Cross Dynamite in the orchard has been proved 

 beyond question. 



Let us now consider its value in the production of the vegetables 

 and grains that constitute our chief farm products. 



Of course a tree is merely a plant or form of vegetation and the 

 process of soil preparation which will benefit an apple tree will bene- 

 fit a corn stalk, or a head of cabbage, or a tomato plant, or any other 

 form of vegetation which draws its sustenance from the soil through 

 its roots. \Yith the exception that different plants feed upon different 

 plant foods, the principles of their growth and life are the same in all 

 forms of vegetation. 



But we are not obliged to go by theory or opinion. In the follow- 

 ing pages we prove by actual photographs and incontrovertible testi- 

 mony that deep plowing with Red Cross Dynamite increases the growth 

 and fruition of corn, tomatoes, beans, grapes and watermelons, oats, 

 alfalfa, flowers and cotton. 



The almost universal condition of farm land throughout this coun- 

 try is that it will not grow good crops unless extensively fertilized, 

 deeply plowed and the crops rotated carefully. 



In spite of all these efforts to keep the topsoil rich and productive, 

 the average yield per acre of all standard crops is steadily decreasing. 



For generations and for centuries the top layer of our soil has 

 been cultivated to a plow depth of four to eight inches. The same 

 soil has been turned over, year after year, and gradually robbed of 

 its natural, original fertility. 



Deep plowing is, in most cases, the remedy for soil deterioration. 

 When done with a subsoil plow to a depth of sixteen to eighteen 

 inches, there is a noticeable increase in yields. When done with Red 

 Cross Dynamite to a depth of five to six feet there is a phenomenal 

 increase in yields. 



Why Deep Plowing Increases Fertility 



The reason why deep tillage or subsoil plowing is desirable is 

 that all the soil below the bottom of the ordinary plow cut, in other 

 words everything below six to eight inches, is still in its primeval 

 condition. It has never been disturbed. Chemical analyses of soils 

 down to a depth of twenty feet show that on the average acre there 

 are tons of plant foods which become available only when roots 

 can penetrate to them, or when ascending moisture brings them up 

 to the roots that cannot get down. 



Alfalfa and other deep rooted plants are called "soil makers" 

 because they penetrate this compact soil, introduce humus and pro- 

 vide a passageway for the descent and ascent of water which carries 

 with it the soluble, fertilizing elements, but many subsoils are so hard 

 that it is practically impossible for any one plant to penetrate them. 



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