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getting over a whole lot of ground, and it does fairly good work as long 

 as the soil does not become baked or hard and nrovided you get on the 

 ground early. T don't believe I want to take up any more of your time, 

 unless you have some questions you would like to ask regarding ma- 

 chinery." 



DISCUSSION. 



MR. CURTIS, of Kansas: "I would like to ask regarding the differ- 

 ence between the disc and mold board plows, if you don't get better plow- 

 ing, plowing with the mold board?" 



Mcldboard vs. Disc. 



MR. BAINER: "Yes st, you do. North Dakota a few years ago con- 

 ducted experiments. In one case they used disc plows and in another 

 ihe mold board and continued the plowing year after year, and the re- 

 port was that the field plowed with the mold board brought better crops 

 year after year while the other naturally went back. 



Soil Treatment. 



A DELEGATE FROM MONTANA: "Do you think that when the 

 ground is too dry to plow with the mold board that it is beneficial to plow 

 with the disc?" 



Fall Wheat. 



MR. BAINER: "I don't think it is beneficial to plow any ground 

 when it is too dry, but at times for instance when you want to put in fall 

 wheat the last of August and the ground is too dry to plow, and you must 

 necessarily get so much ground plowed, but in order to plow it you will 

 have to use a disc, because you can keep the other plow in the ground. 



Disc Drills. 



"In regard to disc drills, I recommend whenever the question is asked 

 me about whether or not to use the press wheel attachment, I recom 

 mend its use. There are conditions where you don't need it, but if I were 

 buying a drill today I would buy one with the press wheel attachment, 

 so that I could take it off if I didn't need it, but you will find ordinarily 

 that you will need that attachment." 



Soil Treatment. 



A DELEGATE FROM MONTANA: "This wheel presses the soil 

 down around the grain?" 



MR. BAINER: "Yes, sir." 



A DELEGATE: "Won't that aid the moisture in coming out?" 

 Surface Packing. 



MR. BAINER: "It aids the moisture in coming in contact with the 

 seed; it does'nt leave the ground open around the seed, but yQU under- 

 stand with the surface packed on top, there is more chance for the mois- 

 ture to get to the seed. With the press wheel attachment, the packing Is 

 over the grain right where you want it and there is not much danger 



