WHEN TO PLOW, AND HOW DEEP 205 



loose. Disking the ground before plowing, or, better still, 

 immediately after harvest, retains much moisture that would 

 otherwise be lost. It keeps the ground in condition for easier 

 plowing, and establishes a better capillary connection between 

 the furrow slice and the subsoil than when hard clods, or masses 

 of vegetation with dead air spaces between, are turned to the 

 bottom. 



