Show PREPARE GROUND FOR WHEAT desirable to double disk immediately after wheat or oats have been taken off the field by IL it As soon as the oats or wheat have been taken off the field it la desirable to double disk the ground at once it will pay well to disk immediately be iland the binder or header it alter the binder the bundles would bo thrown off on disked ground the sooner this work Is done after harvest the better every days delay means that more moisture la lost in case the disking has been done in time the ground can be plowed at any time later some will say why not begin plowing at once in elead of wasting time disking this all right it we could hold the f moisture long enough but usually one or two weeks of hot dry weather after harvest will dry out the ground A too much tor plowing the disk will cover the ground quickly and will insure holding the moisture until we have time to complete the plowing there la no question but that wheat ground should be plowed early for this reason summer tilled land near ly always land that Is plowed just before seeding time wheat requires firm aeed bed on account of this early preparation should be deeper than later work f deep plowing just before seeding time 1 l la not desirable as the ground will not have time to become well settled bl early deep preparation Is very fa ft to wheat production especially i here the ground has had enough moisture to settle it properly A the wheat roots penetrate this i i 1 packed soli very readily and are not damaged by gradual settling later or from an undue loss of moisture on account of too loose soll the following data on results of tillage methods on wheat in 1911 on S the kansas experimental farm as quoted in part from bulletin no of that station can be well applied to v southern conditions i land plowed july 15 the right time seven inches deep the right i depth gave a yield of 38 13 bushels t per acre after paying tor the cost of preparation there was left 2574 f per acre land plowed july 15 three inches deep plowed at the right time but f too shallow produced 33 13 bushels per acre a net return of 22 32 A land plowed august 16 seven inches deep not worked until sep 15 showed a yield of 2323 bushels per acre and a net return ot t 1534 per acre after deducting the r cost of preparation land plowed at proper depth seven inches september 15 too late produced bushels per acre and gave a net return of 9 03 per acre land plowed three inches deep too shallow september 15 too late gave a yield of 14 bushels a net return of 8 52 per acre after deduct ing cost of preparation land disked but not plowed cost per acre to and produced 44 bushels per acre the crop when sold returned per acre over the cost of preparation of anund after the seed bed had been pro pared whether before seeding time or after the surface should not be allowed to crust the common peg tooth harrow or weeder should break this crust as often as it forms un til the wheat gets too large to work do not let the ground get too dry before harrowing as it Is likely to work up too fine and make it liable to blow |