| Show preparation OF SEED BED spike toothed harrow fines the clods and compacts soil below surface use of sweeps J D tinsley new mexico in preparing the seed bed on our dry farma good judgment must be exercised in using the spike toothed bar row this implement fines the clods and compacts the soil below hie sur face this pulverizing action on the burbace offsets the advantage gained in firming of the implements tor working the surface ot plowed land the best which have been observed in use are cultivators with wing sweep attachments the only objection to these implements la that they are not wide enough to cover sufficient ground at each trip across the field so that the work Is slow E ot levy attaches sweeps to the frame of LIs grain drill this implement materially in creases the area of land that can be covered in a day by a man and team an implement of this kind that would cover a strip of field 16 feet wide and require tour horses is a very desirable addition to the list of dry farming am clements ts A very important point in decreasing the cost of producing dry farming crops Is cutting out extra men or what amounts to the same thing in creasing the area of land that can be cultivated properly by one man in harrowing large grain fields four horses are often batched bitched to three sec lions of the barrow and with this out fit a man or boy can cover 30 acres in a day it the implement carrying 16 feet of sweeps were adopted it could be used tor preparing land for killing weeds before planting and by removing some of the sweeps it could be used for cultivating row crops mr homsher uses the drill frame carry ing sweeps to kill weeds and to mulch the surface of the plowed ground he then removes the sweeps puts on the seed box and three drill spouts and plants the bean crop the sweeps are then replaced with proper spacing and the crop Is cultivated with this implement enables him to plant three rows and afterwards to cultivate two rows each trip the sweeps are kept sharp and kill weeds better than the spike toothed harrow throw the dirt into ridges are adjustable in depth and do not break thi clods but raise them to the surface while letting the fine dirt sift down where it Is wanted around the seeds and roots |
