Show VALUE OF PLOW AND HARROW in purchasing implements for the farm their should be carefully studied by R G weatherstone HEnSTONE i the value of a plow or other farm implement consists of its doing the thing we want it to do the plow with a light draft simply turns and cuts the furrow with the least resist ance resulting in very smooth work to look upon but its effect upon the soil la not nearly so valuable as that ol 01 the plow that runs harder and gives more resistance to the soil and breaks it up finer the plow that has a harder draft goes through the soli and not only breaks it up and turns a furrow but in the process it grinds and pulverizes it into smaller particles the more thoroughly the soil la broken up the more the plant food la made available and plant food Is what we are after in purchasing plows we want to study their construction with this in mind the same applies to the selection ot the harrow the harrow that has an easy draft cannot do as good work as one that moves more soil and runs deeper A harrow should do smooth work and incorporate the vegetable matter and fertilizers with the soil in a uniform manner the function of the harrow Is to still further reduce and refine soil particles because la every process ot refinement we are getting at the plant food which Is still so abundant in our soil on the average farm where there are various types of soil disk bar row a spring tooth harrow and a smoothing harrow are practical necessities it Is worse than tolly for farm era to spend tor commercial fertilizers or chemical plant foods until they have first made use of that which is so plentiful in their own soil at the prea ent time I 1 am a firm friend of fertilizers but I 1 do not believe in buying them until we have made use of every method of getting at the plant food already contained in our soils |