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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 lcavo some of the corn stalks standing Every fourth row left standing wilt hold a lot of snow on the land At the North Dakota experiment station it was found that one-fourth of I li 0 corn stalk's left standing slopped about as much snow as when all were left. This-will This-will in many cases mean a good deaf to the next crop. The added moisture will make the soil less liaule to blow, and the standing stalkB will check the wind a good deal, near the surface, and this also reduces the drifting Better Bet-ter try leaving a few rows and see it it does not pay. |