PREPARING LAND FOR AN ORCHARD 57 



Use of fining tools. It is generally advisable to use first either 

 the plain or the cutaway disk harrow the way the furrows have 

 been plowed, lapping half the width of the machine on each round. 

 After the field has been harrowed in this manner, it should be 

 cross-harrowed, also lapping half the width of the machine. If the 

 field is not fitted to suit the orchardist, disk harrowing diagonally 

 across the field in one or two directions, lapping half the width of 

 the machine, may be practiced. 



Following the disk harrow, the spike-tooth harrow may be used 

 in a like manner until the soil is fitted to suit the individual. If 

 very fine work is essential the Acme harrow may follow the 

 spike-tooth. 



As in the case of the plow, each individual should select the 

 harrow best adapted to his location and soil. Good tools, worked 

 properly, give satisfaction. 



