Show Utah College Collese News j i It is not cause that thit fill fall plo plowing mg has won such an nt I place in III out OUI farm practice pi There is 11 i I I I nothing at this time tune of year I the Harvest of late Inte crops such as po and ind sugar beets that is so tow 0 toes It worthy 01 thy of oC the farmer s urgent Tort effort as the fall plowing of all land possible ble bleI I There arc are two bl big reasons reasone why hy I fall ill plo plowing mg la rg so sera cri er much better thin th I spring Slung plowing First from the fauner's Callner's standpoint the thing I Ito to be gained gamed b fill fall plowing is the ing i 5 sating of time tune next spring when the I son season causes all farm work to be In Ina ina ina a state te d demanding lush The Jor Im major benefit to be bo derived from flOm call HII plowing is that thit it puts the hn land lind in a aery asery cry a sery ery much better belter condition with lC ie nc to soil fertility the control of Il I ofIl 31 s and ind the sa saving of soil I c There nc Ie is affected in the folloWIng 1 s by fill fall plowing 11 A It enables crops to be I much earlier next spring and thereby gives the plants in n earlier ealler and IId IIda anda a mote mOle rigorous start later Inter planting ting ex to dry out the soil 01 especially when it has been loosened by spring plowing plo Ing IngI B The beneficial 1 action of frost in reducing redu the soil to i l mulch permits early e harrowing and mg an effective CO co- cov covering ering of the sOIl foil with such mulch will both keepit preserve presen e the moisture and keep It better distributed Both earlier and better seed beds arc are thereby procured ed C The turning under of weeds and stubble strati str and farm manure in the fill f gives it time to become I partially decayed thereby mixing properly with Ith the soil before the seed IS actually lIy planted Better soil mois- mois ture mOIsture conditions arc are derived denied cd from th s pal partial decomposition of coarse mater D Heavy soils that thit tend to pack ha base e this particular p quality qu n is their makeup almost overcome b b bs exposure to winter freeing free ind nd thawing E Soils Solis that has become very much due to clods are mellowed nl II most unbelievably bi by b exposure to win tel tei frost after fall plowing F r A proper of the sOils sods hs has been found to be much more im than was as formerly thought The most beneficial condition IS achieved dae to the partial packing that follows after the land is plowed ii autumn G Finally sOil soils that ire are Infested with Ith certain insects arc are vel very verv much rele cd of this trouble by turning their nests up and exposing them t to alternate te freezing and thawing tha |