| Show preference GIVEN TO RYE particularly good crop when outlook I 1 not good for winter wheat 1 time to plow I 1 would particularly recommend to dry farmers that when the outlook la not good for winter wheat on account of moisture conditions preference should be given to rye says a writer in dry farming dry raised seed rye has a value of its own in bome years bringing as high as 1 a bushel it will grow and make 20 bushels to the acre in some seasons when winter wheat would not make five bushels it can also be cul in between the corn rowa in august without hurting the grain a particle and plowed under as a ter before the next planting in may or june this method Is earnestly recommended to those who raise corn in the same field year after year with out rotation how about dry plowing in august and september it the succeeding winter is normal it will come out in good shape in the spring and can be worked up to advantage and will con tain more moisture than land plowed in march or april but it the soli Is very obdurate it may be better to disk the surface in the fall and to put off the plowing until later every farm er must settle this question according to bis own conditions there Is this to be said if the winter Is dry it will be just aa bard to plow in tho spring as it was in the tall the danger lies in planting deeply plowed land before it has settled roll ing or packing Is not a remedy for this condition tor the trouble Is over aeration or too much air in the soil and nothing will drive the air out and fine the soil sufficiently to keep it out but water |
