26 FARM CROPS 



3. Cultivate after every rain, not when the soil 

 is really wet, but before it becomes very dry. 



4. Make your mulch deep enough — 3 inches is 

 none too deep in dry regions. 



5. Open the soil early in the spring with a disk 

 if you have not fall plowed or winter tilled. 



6. Stir unused summer lands frequently so as 

 to let water in and to keep it in for the next crop. 



7. Lands frozen up for long periods, as in the 

 New England territory, are as needful of water 

 saving as those of the semi-arid or dry farming 

 districts. 



