Cultivated Grains 



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Fig. 200. Wheat growing on plot No. 6, which had had a heavy crop of rye 

 plowed under, and deeply plowed and summer fallowed after each harvest. 

 Compare with Fig. 199, and results noted in table in H449. 



ly, but not always, so decidedly in favor of early prepara- 

 tion. Indeed, sometimes there is no gain whatever, but 

 seldom if ever, any decreased yields result from early 

 deep plowing. 



448. Listing in Arid Sections is sometimes preferred 

 to flat breaking, especially if the fields are level and do 

 not wash. Prof. TenEyck reports the following results 

 with wheat at the Ft. Hays Kansas Experiment Station: 





 YIELD OF WHEAT ON FLAT BROKE, LISTED, AND FALLOWED LAND 



