Show RAW LAND CEREALS best to count on leveling of land for ecknor Econ orcal irrigation fall plowing I 1 Proter preferable ablo and it should not be more than five to seven inches deep harrow v ing should follow quickly by jw joltn X U M land first cleared and then leveled always more or lerm 1 unevenly after tho the first arst season a irrigation and consequently it ie is generally beet best to count on the permanent leveling ot of ithe e land for economical Irrl IrrIg galon alon ot of duch ouch permanent crops as alfalfa clover or orchard after some cereal crop has been crown grown and the land is arrigal irritated ked during the first year As so buin som m as possible after the land has been cleared of age sage brush either in the fal fai winter or very early the fall fail being preferable it hould be plowed it the clearing I 1 Is dono done in the fall and the soil boll la is in con can 1 for fall plowing it Is better to plow then provided 0 of course the soil Is I 1 not of a leachy nature the plowing of land for the first time Is enot at done very deep that Is not more than five live to seven inches in order that the top or humus eoll boll may not be turned too deep and the roots ot of the plants during their early growth may have the advantage of the humus it Is in probably preferable to plow the first year with a mold board plow on land where surface rock may not interfere though I 1 have seen successful first year crops grown on land plowed with disk plows in fact our entire acreage was done with disk plows this year and good crop results were gotten Il harrowing as a general rule nile should be e don doii 0 as soon after plowing as possible the ideal condition after spring plowing Is to barrow each day the plowing that has been done on that alar day and where an individual is farming a small acreage you wilt will find it about as economical and very essential in the conserving of the moisture to follow this plan of course in large this ideal cra litton Is not practical but the next thing to it Is the harrowing just as soon after the plowing as an pos possible As an a general rule it ts Is better to harrow barrow the land at once each wo waa this pulverizes the eoll soil conserves the moisture molt ture and makes a better seed bed than harrowing once we found it necessary with the large work we had in hand this year to harrow barrow some of our land once only and substantial first year crops were produced either a disk or spike tooth barrow Is used in alis work with good results with preference tor for the disk barrow harrow abee the soil Is in tough and cloddy II 11 has bee been unnecessary la in the sandy sills antle to do any harrowing but instead of the floats which arc art used in leveling nd lilah h I 1 will describe later immediately follow the plowing about as important as any one of the operations in connection with cereal production on the first year land Is to the leveling where the land la is extremely uneven it is a good plan to take off the high bumpy spots either with graders or tr fres eanos nos filling up the low spots before any plowing Is in done and covering the spots where the top acil oil has been taken off olt with well rotted manure provided that Is available where however land in general is comparatively even the leveling fol 1 the plowing and harrowing and Is simply a process of floating with a home built leveler of different sizes according to the amount of work to be done and the amount of stock to be used this 11 floating Is I 1 not done with any idea of dolne doing more than giving the land a general evenness of surface on the existing slope in some one or two definite directions so that the water will have a general slope without humps or hollows to check its flow too much time cannot be given to the proper leveling of land as it comee comes a permanent asset to the farm just aa as do buildings and it reduces the irrigation cost proportionally |