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is made to water them. Fall-plowed land generally settles 

 well during the winter, but land plowed later should be 



FIG. 58. Sand}' Soil well Furrowed. Grand Junction, Colorado. 



well worked down with the disc and harrow. One should 

 avoid letting these heavy soils get dry, as they take water 

 very slowly when once dry and filled with air. A good, 



