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Show MAKING BARLEY MAIN ' CROP Work Up Fine Seed Bed by Double Disking in Spring and Drill in Seed Early' as Possible. The preparation of the land for barley varies widely with the locality. It is best adapted to the cool, moist conditions of the north, but may be successfully grown anywhere .in the grain belt, writes F. H. Demaree in an exchange. Where it is made a main crop it will pay to plow the land preferably pref-erably in the fall. Work up a fine seed bed by double disking the land in the spring and drill in the seed as early as possible. - In the northern zone of the corn belt barley can be sown after corn. In this case the land can be double disked in the spring, harrowed down and the seed drilled in. Spring barley is also grown to some extent in the corn belt, often displacing oats. In this case the above preparation of soil and seeding will secure the best and most economical results. The machinery requirements for the barley raisers vary with the locality. In general, however, any man raising small grain should have a good disk, a plow, a smoothing harrow and a drill. |