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Show PLOWING FOR FALL GRAIN Should Be Done Immediately After Harvest and Cultivated to Conservo Moisture. Whon wheat follows wheat or somo other grain crop u suitable uoed bod. may bo proparod by early plowing. In country tho plowing should bo dono as soon after harvest an possible pos-sible and the Ileitis should bo cultivated culti-vated witli a harrow or disk nt intervals inter-vals until seeding time In order to firm the hoII, conservo the moisture and destroy tho weeds. When tho plowing is dono Just previous to sowing sow-ing it is well to follow tho plow with tho Bub-surfaco packer and harrow In order to pulverize -and pack the soil at tho bottom of tho furrow and leavo a mellow, even surfneo. This packing nnd pulverizing ot tho furrow slice in especially necessary neces-sary whon tho soil Is plowed dry oi whon stubble, trnsh or manure Is plowed undor, becauso If tho furrow sllco la loft looso und unpulvcrizcd, tho capillary connection of tho soil with tho Bubsoll Is largoly broken off and tho soil water will not rlso Into tho nurfaco soil to supply tho gormlnatlng need nnd feed tho roots of tho young plants, honco the seed falls to germinate well or tho plant la often stunted In growth, nnd In such a seed bed the crop Is likely to frcezo out or burn out. Docnuso of those reHtillB it Is not safo to plow undor coarse manure or n heavy growth of weeds or stubblo In pro-paring pro-paring a soed bed for wheat or other small grains or grasses. If tho soil is In good physical condition, con-dition, not too dry or too wet, nn Ideal seed bod can bo proparod by plowing Immediately bofore soedlng, provided tho soil Is ropacked and well pulverized but this is often n moro expenslvo method than the disking or early plowing method. It In also often a good plan to dlBk the ground previous to plowing. If plowed nt once tho looso surface is In hotter condition to moro readily connect jind reunite with thq subsoil sub-soil when "tho furrow slice Is inverted. in-verted. If tho plowing Is delayed tho ground will remain in good condition condi-tion for plowing for a much longer period during dry weather than land which has received no cultivation. It Is often possible whon tho land has become too dry to plow, by establishing establish-ing a soil mulch with tho disk harrow and, retaining tho wnter In tho Boll, to so Improve tho moisture condition of tho surface as to bring It again into good plowing condition nnd It may oven bo advisable to practlco early disking rather than early plowing whoro both cannot bo accomplished. The surfneo mulch of soil produced by disking not only retains tho water In -the sell but offors u favorable sur-faco sur-faco to absorb tho ralnB, |