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Show CORN STALKS TO HOLD SNOW Added Moisture Makes Soil Less Liable Li-able to Blow Wind Is Checked, Reducing the Drifting. It is sometimes a good plan to leave some of the corn stalks standing Every fourth row left standing will hold a lot of snow on the land. At the North Dakota experiment station it was found that one-fourth of the corn stalks left standing stopped about as much snow as when all were left. This will in many cases mean a good deal to the next crop. The added moisture will make the soil less liable to blow, and the standing 6talks will check the wind a good deal, near the surface, ind this also reduces the drifting. Better Bet-ter try leaving a few rows and see if it does not pay. |