Show PLAN POR FOR SAVING RAINFALL plow field as soon as crop has been harvested fall plowing should not be dragged by fry A H LEIDIGH assistant professor ct of crops kansas agricultural col cot lee lexe moisture conservation Is not a sura sure ewe eure tor for crop failure every tanner farmer hough bough knows what three or tour four inches of additional rain during a dry ti eason will do and when it Is realized that it is possible and feasible to conserve moisture to that extent it begins to look as though the saving of moisture from one year to another would help some in the case ot chort phort rainfall kaluf all three or tour four inches of rain carried over from one season to the next means three or tour four hundred tons 0 of water an acre in the subsoil water enough to carry a growing crop through any ordinary dry weather it t Is possible to carry even more than this from one year to another how can the rainfall be saved plow the field as rs soon as the crop has been fu f it it is to spring or summer fellow the plow with a drag the rains will soak into the soil instead ot of running off the surface or evaporating fall plowing should not be dragged as there Is danger of the soil cither ither packing or becoming dry and blowing the extra expense of tol fol lowing such a plan ought not to cost more than 1 an acre at most many places it could be done at a much smaller cost it pays big interest oa on the investment even at the higher figure |