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effectually seals the land so that no moisture can 
escape. Of course if several teams are plowing one 
man may follow steadily with tools for fitting the 
land. 
Save the moisture. It is wise not to sow the 
seed before there is plenty of moisture stored. In 
this connection the reader should study the preced- 
ing advice upon summer seeding. Save all the 
moisture you have and accumulate as much more 
as you possibly can before sowing the seed. And 
yet one can not safely delay sowing longer than 
till about the 10th of August, and if it can be sown in 
a good seedbed with sufficient moisture by the first 
of August all the better. The time of sowing is a 
local question. In Louisiana one can safely sow 
the last of October, yet north of the Ohio River late 
July and early August sowing is much safer than 
any later sowing. 
Inoculation in Advance.—It is well to inoculate 
the soil for this fall seeding, and the reader is asked 
to note with care what has been written elsewhere 
on this subject. One way of getting this inoculation 
in a wheat stubble is to sow some alfalfa seed in 
the wheat in March. If 5 pounds are then sown and 
harrowed in with a sprinkling of inoculating earth, 
say 100 pounds to the acre, and the soil and seed 
mixed together, it is probable that a fair growth of 
alfalfa will result and the inoculation spread 
throughout the whole land. Then when the land is 
plowed again and the young alfalfa turned under 
the inoculation will be spread. Quite a little benefit 
