MANURING AND FITTING 15 
A plough that has a rather long point with a 
well turned moldboard. In my experience 
a good one is the Syracuse Landslide plough. 
There are also many other ploughs that will 
do as good a job. 
HARROWING 
When the spring opens and the soil is fit 
to work, if the land has been fall ploughed, 
harrowing can start. This consists of drag- 
ging a pulverizing tool back and forth across 
the field. The disk harrows are the best 
tools for this purpose, and by using these, 
lapping one half each time, the soil can be 
put in very good condition for the finer 
harrow. If the soil is inclined to be lumpy 
or contains much clay or coarse fibre, it is 
oftentimes advisable to cross lap disk, thus 
breaking up these particles and leaving the 
field in finer tilth. 
Immediately after disking, use the common 
spike tooth harrow or spring tooth, set 
shallow. This tool not only fines the earth 
more than the disk, but has a tendency to 
keep the land level. It is advisable to lap 
the tool one third and cross lap harrow if 
the soil is not in the required condition. , 
