DRY-FARMING 



to harrow the small grains wheat, oats, 

 etc., in the spring. This is especially 

 beneficial if heavy rains have firmed and 

 puddled the soil, destroying the mulch of 

 mellow earth. The weeder is better 

 suited for harrowing wheat or other small 

 grain than the common straight-tooth or 

 slanting-tooth harrow ; but if the ground 

 is reasonably firm the ordinary light har- 

 row will do good work. Every farmer 

 should have a harrow with levers by 

 which he can regulate the slant of the 

 teeth. 



Mr. George L. Farrell, who has grown 

 wheat for forty years in the Cache Val- 

 ley, Utah, was once asked at a farmers' 

 institute what he would do if the grain 

 were too thin. "Harrow it," he replied. 

 "But what would you do if it were too 

 thick?" "Harrow it," came the same 

 reply. And he was right in both cases. 

 If the grain is too thin, tilt the teeth of 

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