| Show t FALL PLOWING by aaron F bracken the most important tillage operation on the dry lands is plowing with the element ot of time the controlling factor ta in the production of high or low yields in a speech delivered ly by dr john A A several years ago the statement was made that to leave all plowing bloing on the dry farms until Z spring was a crime against the owner ot of the land god and humanity this forceful advise still holds according to results secured at the nepal dry farm station data which have accumulated over a period of twe twenty aty years show no difference between fall and spring plowing providing the spring plowing is done within a period of ten days after the soil scours free from the disk or moldboard later Pl owings however show marked reductions duct ions in yield with failure almost certain for land turned after the weeds and volunteer grain have dissipated the moisture which has accumulated alfrom from the winter snows and spring rains most of the stubble on the dry farms is left for turning under in spring here in the great basin it is a physical impossibility to plow all of this land within the period time limit mentioned or within an extended period of two weeks under present low prices tor for wheat the highest yields possible are necessary if production costs are to be secured from the land on the levan ridge labor charges on a twenty bushel yield are per bushel on a ten bushel crop over the ti beof 1 plowing is usually responsible for much of this wide variation the I 1 solution is obvious plow part ot of t the e land lana this tall fall leaving such an amount tor for spring that this important operation can be completed in the short period stated |
