you plant cotton, corn and other crops will seldom be of use 

 to you during the season unless you pulverize the clods. When 

 the soil breaks up into clods, by all means follow the plow 

 with the disk harrow and thus destroy the clods while moist. 

 The disk harrow pulverizes the soil thoroughly and if each 

 round is lapped no ridges of any consequence will be left. 

 Your field may be cloddy and weedy but a double disking with 

 a disk harrow or a single disking with a double disk harrow 

 will make a perfect seed bed of it. In the preparation of land 

 for any crop, no tool can be used to better advantage than the 

 disk harrow. 



The disk harrow has special advantages over smoothing 

 harrows in ground with loose trash or growing weeds because 

 the disk cuts through the trash instead of dragging it along. 



Where seed is sown broadcast, there is no more desirable 

 tool than the disk harrow for the purpose of putting the seed 

 into the ground. In the absence of the grain drill, the disk 

 harrow is the best possible implement to use to put in oats, 

 rye, wheat, cowpeas, soy beans, and others crops broadcast. 



The disk harrow should follow the mower to pulverize the 

 soil for conserving the moisture and making plowing easier. 

 It is usually unnecessary to use the plow in cowpeas, soy beans 

 or sorghum after oats and the disk harrow is the implement to 

 use to do the work in a hurry at this busy season of the year. 



A tongue and forecarriage should be purchased with every 

 disk harrow. The forecarriage is to be preferred when prepar- 

 ing the seed bed. It is a great aid in turning corners and at 

 the end of the row. It is also a decided advantage for the 

 team to have relief from the weight and lashing of the tongue 

 of the harrow. When cultivating crops and when using the 

 harrow on hilly land, the tongue is necessary to guide the 

 harrow. 



The depth to which the disk cuts and the amount of dirt 

 thrown varies with the angle given the disk, the kind of soil, 

 and the weight of the man on the harrow. The draft of the 

 disk harrow as generally used is considerable for it moves much 



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