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Show WHERE FALL PLOWING FAILS. 9 Not Every Soli Is 8ulted to Drecklng Ground Before Winter. Much has been said through tho columns col-umns ot tbo Pralrlo Farmer about tho conservation of molsturo and fertility of tho soli, writes a Hock, county (Neb.) correspondent. Two things you hnvo recommended and urged moro than ull others, namely, fall plowing nnd tho preservation of tho humus lu tho soil by tho addition ot stablo manure. Tho methods used nnd urged aro undoubtedly practical lu a largo part of tho west; but In this particular section, whore wo hovo a light, sandy soli, a light rainfall, and are subject to prolonged windstorms, tho question Is moro complicated, or rather has different complications. Seven out of 'every eight of the fields In ths county would bo mined ln three or four years If they were to bo plowed In tho fall and harrowed smooth nnd left exposed to tho wlntor and early spring winds. I know of many old fields that will not grow enough weeds to cover them, and In many Instances aro adjoining Odds that have produced moro grain and havo been ln cultivation for moro years, that aro still producing from 20 to 30 bushels of corn and In ome cases as. high as 40 bushels. Tho difference Is all due to the fact that tho .one has been repeatedly loft exposod to' the sun and wind, wt.Ho the other has been protected by the stubbie, the stalks or weeds, often through no forethought of tho owner. I have seen pieces ot good land plowed, plnntcd to corn, carefully cultivated, cul-tivated, the crop gathered and the stock turned In to work tho stalks down, nnd as a result tho wind has been busily carrying off the very cream of tho soil on overy windy day through tho fall, wlntor nnd spring till planting time, when tho operation would bo repeated. With good wild hay at two to three dollars per ton, no ono can afford af-ford to cut up his corn or pasture the frozen stalks. They nro worth too much moro as a protection to tho pro-clous pro-clous soli. |