THE DRY FARMING CONGRESS. 



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Disc Plow. 



"We find the disc plow used a great dea\ 'u dry farming fonditiouF, 

 especially where the ground is hard and dry and it is impossible to keep 

 the mold board plow in the ground. We can plow with the disc plow and 

 the disc pulls easier and penetrates the gvouund somewhat better, but yet 

 at the same time I cannot recommend that plow to plow as good as does 

 the moldboard. 



Moldboard Plow 



"Take it under conditions where the ground contains enough mois- 

 ture for plowing and you will find the mold board does the best work. 

 We find a great many of our farmers don't know how to adjust their 

 disc plows to make them work properly, and that is one of the main 

 troubles. 



Gang Disc. 



"We find that this plow is self-sharpening to a cerain extent, and does 

 not require as much repair, as much fixing up in the way of sharpening. 

 I know one farmer who reports that with an engine gang plow he has 

 been able to plow 2400 acres without sharpening his disc. That is a lot 

 of ground to plow without sharpening your disc. With a mold board 

 plow, if you plowed that much you would have to sharpen your plow 

 half a dozen times or more. 



Alfalfa Renovator. 



"The alfalfa renovator that I talked about is made on the principle 

 of a disc harrow with the spikes in place in a solid plate. That is a new 

 tool and I believe it is a coming tool for not only pulverizing the soil in 

 grain growing conditions, but also for woirk in alfalfa. 



Soil Treatment. 



"It was originally made for the culture of alfalfa crops, and was made 

 with the idea of pressing the ground down and at the same time opening 

 it up so that the air can get in and not let the moisture out. It is also 

 a good weed killer. You can see that on exhibition with the John Deere 

 exhibit. 



Pulverizing Soil. 



"They have also a fine harrow that I think is going to be one of the 

 best known implements for pulverizing the soil. 



Weed Killer. 



"This is a common ordinary tooth harrow with another tooth in the 

 form of a blade which kills the weeds by cutting them off, and raking 

 them off at the same time, it making a good dust mulch. It comes highly 

 recommended. It has been used a great deal in Oregon and the farmers 

 there recommend it very highly. We find the tool known as a weeder is 

 a weeder only when used at the proper time and that is before the weeds 

 come up, and it isn't properly made unless you use it before the weeds 

 come up. The tool is lightly constructed and made with the idea of 



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