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ground is not too wet. In this latitude there is only about 
one winter in four when plowing is possible because of the 
frost. 
Spring PLowIne 
Fields which have been in corn the previous year must, 
of necessity, be plowed in the spring. Just how early spring 
plowing can start depends largely upon the weather during 
(Courtesy John Deere Plow Co.) 
FULL DISC HARROW WITH TRUCK 
One of the necessary implements on the farm 
March and April. A wet spring will delay plowing even on 
well drained fields. So long as the furrow slice and the 
particles of soil run together rather than crumble, plowing 
had better be postponed, unless the plowing is done very early 
in the spring and is followed by several frosts. 
There is no logic in the expression that ‘‘if ground is 
plowed wet it should be worked wet all summer.’’ Owing 
to the rush of spring work we have sometimes plowed ground 
