Show PREPARING LAND FOR FLAX deep plowing found to be all right if balna followed immediately experiments in colorado by ALVIN colorado expert ment station experience with flax on the plains through the seasons ot 1809 13 show that to be successful flax land must be well prepared in those seasons when there la considerable spring moisture sufficient to compact soils that were plowed deep plowing gave the best results these better results from deep plowing in these cases where there was moisture enough were due la a large part to the clean ness ot the land that Is the freedom ot the soil from weeds it was firmly noticed that the deep plowed land waa not as foul as the shallow plowed deep plowing was found tc be all right it balna followed immell abely or it the plowing was done sev eral months ahead ot planting so that compaction and settling took place in 1913 deep plowing just before planting the crop almost caused corn failure because rains did not follow sufficient to moisten the plowed layer and compact the subsurface it deep plowing is used therefore in preparing the seed bed it should be done at a considerable time before planting where plowing Is done am mediately prior to planting plowing should be shallower u six or seven inches at the outside and should be followed up immediately with the dish harrow to compact and fill up the subsurface smooth well prepared land greatly insures the success of the crop this was especially shown in experiments of 1911 and 1912 and was shown up in the other years |