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Show . I . Stick With ' Your 'St'our Stour ' Plow , Advises Soil ExpertFarmers Expert ExpertFarmers Farmers Fanners should think twice be- be before be before - . fore they place toe too much rebance reliance in inwldel7 Inwidely inwidely wldel7 widely published publtJbed report rt'portl rtportl reports ' * tba that t . , themoldboard the themold.board themold-board themold board mold.board moldboard - . plow is bad for the soU soil soUand soiland oUand and should be discarded dtacarded , M A Thorfnhson Thor ThorfinhsoQ Thorflnhson finhsoQ fnhson , , . . soil .oU oU conservation speciaUat specialist specialistat speciaUatat at the U . ot t of Minnesota pointed out outHe outlie outHo He lie , says . , . that tests of the plow vs vssubsurface vssubsurface vssubsurface subsurface tillage tiUage have been con conduded conducted conductea duded ducted In n ! \ Minneiota 1\finne.ota 1finne.ota 1 finne.ota finneota Minnesota . and 80 so o far the thescore thescore thescore score girex stve gives . the ola-fasaioned ola fasaioned o1cWashloned old-fashioned old fashioned - plow an anadvantage anadvantage advantage of eight eiaht bushel buahell bushels * of corn cornto cornto coreto to the acre Thorfinnson Thorftnnson Thorfiunson reports that thatIn thatIn thatta In field Beld tests conducted on farms tarms In Ineroa1on Inerosion Inerosion eroa1on erosion area areas . of the state , . the mold moldboard moldboard moldboard board plow had hact a distinct dlatlnct adyan adyantage adyantage adyaatage tage over Other tillage tiUaee methods In Inheavier Inheavier Inheavier heavier . soils .oll oll where drifting is not a amajor amajor amajor major problem , . this WI advantage advantagewould advantagewould advantagewould would be cyen eyen even areaterI areaterFor greaterFor greater areater greaterTor Tor For the lighter Uahter a01l\ a01l a01lthe so sells . \ * the one way waydisc waydisc disc plow proved to ba be effective effect ! v and andgave andgave andgave gave the added PfO protection protecUon ctJon ot of bay- bay bayleg leav leaving - . ing leg part of the stubble atpbble . bble above grOund grOundto { roundto to binder hinder soil soU drifting drlttln , Tb The ' IIweep sweep weep"which weepwhich " which stirs .tlra tlra . up tha the subsurface with wIth- without wIthout without - out turning under the stubble ap appeared ap- ap appeared ap- ap appeared . - - peared to be definitely deftnlteb ' inferior Infenor tothe to tothe tothe the plow in the tests . |