| Show SOWING FALL WHEAT Methods to Be Avoided The PrrM Drill Comrneoila lUelf It is I seldom that fall whot ground Is well pr pared There is nodmgcro workingwhmt 1111 1 1 too much provided i tho KTOUII 1 Is modcritcly If mol turo is I lundant > rare miut lie I tooth 1 as In irepulng ground for ITOP in spring miuy m f1 < ct rurrful lining and com pactin ef Mhcit fcTonud Tliey claim that It Is better to hue tho surface roufh fa tliat Iho enow will bo hehl and lIst tender plants rotccteek i Whllo there mny lx adtantngo In this it Is 1 not to bo considered says ThoOnuio Jud 1 1nrmer which offers tho reason whj nsfollo s If tho mil is I Ito oouomm I tho opcnhigi betwein Iho pirtliks lingo the grouud will dr out I so reidlly that tlio joiuig win it pi mts boric or aro billy Btunt cd I during tho fill een If there Is Bull ciint molsturo to germinate the grlin Growth will U 1 R fwble that tho plant will fall e mcii y prey to Insect lusts nud tho hen ing cflVct of frost It has belli cleanly domolistnted that n rigorous rigor-ous plant will resist tho ntfuk of pests qnito tfectnally In fact tho licst way to fight chinch bugs ls I to sieuro it > > fir tillIng hoes ily u throng rni id growth Tho iucnnse in tho > icld cf grain moro tirai pays for tho fertilizer and tho expense ex-pense of upi lylnj it III some If tho ccntril western Btates wheat is I still town broadcast upon tho ground < soon after It is t plowed and thin on oral with a harrow Tho practice has nothing I scoaooa 1 It excel t tbo small amount of labor required to put In tho crop Ialluros or jvirtlal fallur9S ore tho rule Tho method ought to to l aUmdoned as It is not only unprofitable unprofit-able but an cvidciico of slovenly farm lugOf Of all tho drills now In use tho press drill commends iKelf Thu rilu U I put in tho ground l to u good depth cash tho soil shove > tho sied is compacted so that the molsturo will bo retained until tho bury germinate lend gets sufflelint rootago tomiintalu tho plant Tho common com-mon eight hoe drill Is I stIll cry popular and does gikxl work Some manufao turers attach n short chain to each hoo 60 that it drags directly behind l and lu a measure compacts tho soil above tho seed Drills whero tho groin ia I covered by disks or two blades coming together iccnl Inches back of tho lion hivo been used extensive and with sntlsfno lion Any 1mph emote mit that will put tho grain Into the ground to u depth of two or three indite and cover It well will usnaly bo satisfactory If Ihcio Is a probability of attacks from llc scu fly it muy pay to delay tho seeding until tho eggs have been laid < in volunteer grain or strips sowed early for this purpose l then turned under un-der to romplcto tho destruction also role however curly sowing ia I nihlsablo l and ono yror with another tho largest crops arc raiwd frcm It Sowing unnll grains in standing corn still hams u few advocates This is I another an-other method tint is tho cause of frequent fre-quent failure and almost Invariably n small yield Tho only Incurs for bOwing wheat in this manner 11 when it is do sin II to HIt a cornfield into grna as soon as possible without losing a crop of grain Uy towing tho grass seed 1 with the wheel In 111111111m a mop of buy calm of tin bo secured the following season irovldcd conditions < base been very favorable It I wner pay to grow half ceo third ui a m unuer nnv circumstances I niut cmp I any pirtlcularl when n pn > ing ono can bo sccurcdby putting a little moro work oa Ibo land irevioua to sowing con clods < the authority hero quoted |
