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MAKING HORTICULTURE PAY 



will find the stream with more ease than the reser- 

 voir down deep in the soil. Consequently if plow- 

 ing, disking, and mulch making are delayed or 

 minimized, the chances are that the warm winds 

 of spring will lick up water so fast that the supply 

 can never be fully replenished. 



The secret of water control lies with tillage tools. 

 Lands that are to go to spring crops should be 



STYLES OF HARROWS 



1, Disc; 2, Spike Tooth; 3, Adjustable Spike Tooth; 4, Spring 

 Tooth. 



broken and furrowed. Any way will do, but the 

 water must be held long enough to soak into the 

 ground. Then the disk harrow will take care of 

 future showers and at the same time will blanket 

 in what has already been sent below. Later on this 

 land can be plowed to good advantage all around. 

 The soil will turn better, the team will do more 

 work and the crops will have more water. It is 

 important that close attention be given this water 

 supply matter. It is especially important with 

 lands frozen during much of the winter, because the 



