DRY-FARMING 



fallow which may be maintained for pe- 

 riods of three months, six months, or one 

 year. Such a fallow is to be well 

 plowed in the first place and then kept 

 constantly tilled to prevent the formation 

 of a soil-crust. This fallow results in 

 four things: (a) storage of rainfall, (b) 

 destroys weeds, (c) admits sunshine and 

 air, (d) encourages beneficial soil-germs. 



Weeding. 



The weeder is a modified harrow hav- 

 ing one row, or more, of long curved, 

 flexible teeth which stii* the ground after 

 the manner of a hay-rake. It is a most 

 valuable implement for rapid and easy 

 harrowing and should find a place on 

 every dry-farm. Weeders can be em- 

 ployed on wheat fields where the plants 

 have become too large for the safe use of 

 the ordinary steel-tooth harrow. On 

 large farms it is customary to use f our- 

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