Show DISK FOR CORNSTALK GROUND ordinarily soil becomes much corn com packed during winter and then crusted in spring the practice ot disking cornstalk ground before plowing it for another crop of corn has a basis of sound common sense ordinarily tho the stalk ground becomes very much compacted during the winter and when it dries out in the spring the surface la Is generally somewhat crust crusted ed particularly cu so if the soil contains much clay of course where sand predominates in the soil eoll there Is not the same need for putting extra labor on oil the surface before plowing but in the case ol of clays and clay loams coams the practice oi of giving the surface a good disking may be depended upon taking it one year with another to materially increase tile tho yield by turning under a i mulch formed by disking the furrow slice Is connected with the lower soil in such a way as ai to lead to rapid root development and furth furthermore armore the moisture la Is not checked in its upward movement by the lower surface of the inverted furrow such as would be the case where cornstalk ground to Is plowed without disking |