Show STUBBLE IS OF VALUE JA LEAVE AS MUCH IN GROUND A adf POSSIBLE FOR TWO REASONS i i one in I 1 that it may do no plowed under undo for fertilizer and other that it IL may catch snow and help ao A cumulate moisture Mo liture t dy by E II 11 PARSONS la in harvesting email small grain it Is most important to leave of a burh of tha thes stubble on tho the ground ar at possible for or two to entirely different and purposes ono IB 10 that it alny bo ba plowed under tor for fertilizing jur purposes poses tho the other othet that it may catch ao tho now and holp help to it la Is just as necessary to absorb the water as a it la Is to conservo it in california they koop keep up the ter tilita of tho the wheat holds fields by beading wading and they plow tho the straw under some sam 0 farmers pasture stock on it and then plow tho the manuro manure under amounts to much tho the same thing tho the treatment of a held field subsequent lo 10 tho the harvesting period depends on ite its physical condition at the time and on an tho the needs of at tho the next crop to W bar raised on it 1 jup wheat follows wheat without any fal following lowing which by tho the way wo we do not recommend for rotation Is much better than dinglo crop cropping then tho the land should bo be plowed as its it is to po possible tho the stubble turned under and tho the field left in a receptive condition for precipitation until planting timo time for or tho the winter wheat in september there ie in an axiom in dry tanning farming which I 1 would impress 1 on my readers mover never raise 1 spring wheat in a country where winter wheat flourishes tho reasons pao too ob ilous to need explanation and too manar to print in thia this article but I 1 might quote from tho the united states dopart department part ment of at agriculture that tho the yield for winter wheat la Is 14 bushels bue hole average per acre as against nine for wheat on tho the dry farm email small grain should be pe followed by corn or potatoes but tho the moisture mo liture question often cuts our rotation down to mall small gra grain in corn and alt alfalfa alft it the held dell IB to intended for corn com or sorghums it should be plowed in tho the fall and hber crops planted in tho the spring but it tho the physical condition of the field Is I 1 ou euch ch that it cannot be plowed in ake ta fall it can be left in tho the stubble all winter disked an as soon as it ie Is pas pa aured oft off and plowed as deeply sw possible pos aa as soon as the frost will III per mit MIL an far aa as tho the plowing la to conc concerned emed every inch of depth counts in tri dry farming especially up to ten inches the difference between elx six inch plowing and ten inch plowing often dou dobling tho the crop if it tho land la is intended for another crop of at winte winter wheat after being summer fallowed it may also be loft left in the stubble and treated as for conr corr but the plowing should 14 aone one aw 1 may or juno june when the weeds are if up eight or nine inches high thi this method makes for fertility and more than arp plies tho the humus lost in cultivating thero Is to a period ho however eyer between tho the timo time when iho the frost is out of at te the ground and the plowing which must be bridged over by disking in tho the manure left on tho the ground by the cattle this will also mulch tha the land and bury tho the weed wood seed seeds which v will III come up later on and be bas turned under by the plow fall pl plowing is the best for conar if it the soil la Is light and tho the lister linter as I 1 used in the spring spring plowing us usually bost beat for the sorg bums fall fau plowing Is in tho the best test for oats on an any land for this crop needs deeply plowed but solid soil aai an 1 nothing is i better than natures na pan packing king by plowing ten inclema deep and aad allow allo wiga lu the land to settle all winter winte ac bushels per aero acro may often bo be raised am ox tho the best roll foil |