DO NOT NEGLECT FALL PLOWING 



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under, inasmuch as the simple loosening of the sod admits atmos- 

 pheric oxygen and increases chemical action upon vegetable and min- 

 eral matter. Fall plowing is one of the methods of combatting grub 

 worms, cut worms and wire worms, which are often destructive to 

 corn. Because the surface of soil plowed in the fall is dryer at plant- 

 ing time in the spring than that of the ground not so treated, it does 

 not necessarily follow that there is less moisture in fall plowed land. 



TWO SECTION. 60 TOOTH. 10 FOOT SMOOTHING HARROW 

 The teeth are adjustable by the use of the levers. 



In fact, fall plowed ground should contain more moisture for the 

 growing crop the following season than that land plowed in the spring. 

 With fall plowing the rain and moisture may better penetrate the 

 sub-soil. Because of the rough surface much moisture is held which 

 might otherwise be lost. Not infrequently poor management of fall 

 plowed ground causes in the spring a very serious loss of moisture. 

 Ground plowed in the fall should be thoroughly disced early the 

 following spring to prevent heavy loss of moisture by evaporation 

 When the ground is left in a rough condition not only will the stirred 

 portion of the soil be readily acted upon and dried out by the winds 

 and sun of early spring, but there is ready access to the sub-soil as 



CURVED KNIFE HARROW. 

 Allhouch not in general use, this harrow has the advantage of the running cut, which ii 

 especially valuable in pulverizing sod. 



well. Fall plowed land which has been thus neglected may be ex- 

 pected to contain less moisture than had the ground been plowed 

 in the spring. By the use of the disc and harrow in early spring 



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