| Show SAVING THE SOIL MOISTURE mulch blanket on surface will pre vent evaporation through cracks and insect holes moisture Is conserved or prevented from escaping through surface cracks and insect holes by maintaining a coil mulch blanket on the surface this can be done in corn by running a mulch harrow between the rows or by using a surface cultivator the mulch should be formed as soon as tho ground begins to dry or bake after rains unless the farmer Is watchful one or more inches of water will es cape during one hot windy day in grain fields the mulch can be formed either with a barrow or a corrugated roller the harrow gives the beet results in hard ground where the roots are deep but if the soil Is loose the corrugated roller forms a retain ing mulch and at the same time packs the soil about the grain roots either implement can be used to good profit even when the grain is beginning to lount |
