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Show SAVING MOISTURE IN SOIL More Can Be Done In Thirty-Six Hours Following Rainfall Than at Any Other Time. By W..C. PALMER. North Dakota Agricultural Agri-cultural College.. In the saving of moisture in the soil many of us are a good deal like the Vabhit in the fable. In the winter time he was always speaking. .of building build-ing a house next summer. When summer sum-mer came and he was reminded of it, he answered, "Every bush Is a house now."' When a good shower comes we ought to get the moisture into the soil and keep it there. We have no assurance assur-ance that we will have more rain right away; that there will be enough to ripen rip-en the crop, to put the soil In good condition con-dition for plowing, to leave the soil with a good moisture content for next spring. More can be done in the 36 hours following a rain than at any other time. If the soil is too dry, then' save what little moisture Is left. Remember Re-member that moisture cannot pass up through loose soil. |