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Show USING DISK BEFORE PL0EA One of the Most Important pra in Handling of Soils Land w'!' Absorb More Moisture 1 " ,?piy a '.By M. F. MILLER, Missouri r i'' ment Station.) s- " j wa The disking of stalk or stubble ore b' before plowing Is one of the m0 S. c0ld portant practices in the handling Ms om soils. The recent droughts haveV sto phasized its importance. Each -' ling larger numbers of farmers are'T tei. cle lowing this practice, which has t-' 'L ai recommended and used by the ' nle' souri agricultural experiment stt- ' sii The disking of land before pl0w;a " u Dne of the things which all far'c',J bu but particularly those located on t- 'fLr priced corn-belt land, should prac-i' ri Some men have found it profitab'i't disk blue-grass sod, but the prar" "You has its. greatest advantage when a- be ov plied to stalk and stubble land. oU us The. soil will absorb more Jrat when it is disked before plowing, r-j '"-So, has been a very Important point Ve ' recent years when the soil has t,;;. Ter)t rarely soaked with water. The r.-'-l ! t tb water stored In the soil, when L." crops are put !n, the larger will be return if the season is dry. The:;'. The ough mixing of the stalks, mi ble and other surface matter witi '-: ' nt c soil, which results from the :... ". ce is very advantageous. On stalk The particularly the weighted disk tii-i err? the place of the stalk cutter, aLi: ftft at the same time thoroughly niie;-. PI J! organic matter with the soil. Ar UU may also be used to cut up green n; i Dure crops before turning them ' and brings about a more thorough nj ing of this organic matter wrj - soil. One of the fundamental pr; . Jr4. pies in plowing any land is to ;:. M oughly mix the organic matter NO' the surface soil, and this is r: : p favored by disking in advnne o! :; plow. Aljr Land with a pulverized surface :u sithf be turned with a plow in such a as to give a much better : than where the disking is not : J The land plows more easily, a-; :. v: pulverization is at the same time ?a thorough. The disk harrow is en; : Y the most valuable of farm implex V and its use in advance of the just as important as its use fol lithe li-the plow. l-" |