Show LISTER GIVES GOOD RESULTS probably due to to fact that implement plants grain deeper in soli thereby getting deeper r roots by PROF W P SNYDER nebraska I 1 experiment S station ta Ilori we usually find that in the semiarid semi arid a ald west the lister gives better results repa 9 than the surface planter this probably indue is due to the fact I 1 that the lister plants the grain deeper in the soil 60 h and possibly thereby gets gats the plants plant to root deeper on this farm we have ate found that the lister hits has 9 given iven bet ter results than the surface planter with porn corn barring the danger from tho the soil blowing all the dry land should be producing a profitable crop or have no vegetation upon it As soon as ats a 1 crop Is harvested the land should be put in the best beat possible condition former for seit curing and storing mw moisture iture A field which has grown small grain this year and Is to be put into corn next sprino spring be disked dished thoroughly or plow ed or listed immediately after hav bar vesting it if the weeds start in the fall they should be pastured down or destroyed by the cultivator the ground should be worked again early in the spring and given whatever auld is necessary to keep it in good condition until the next crop I 1 is af pf planted ant it is pip probable bable that thai the the gr ground aund which Is to be put in corn will give the best results result sif if it Is listed after har bar vest and then the ridges broken with ith a lister a at t corn planting time the next nex spring pring s it is sometimes difficult to list ground which was fall plowed especially if much trash was plowed under under these condit conditions iono a furrow oraen er used on a common surface planter or a planter cnown as tile the loose ground lister may be preferable to the lister the proper depth of the soil mulch depends on many factors the character of the soli soil the frequency and the amount arzouni of rainfall and the rate of evaporation are the factors fors we find that a mulch three or four inches deep is more satish satisfactory actori than a very shallow mulch A mulch which will be wet through by a very light rain requires 1 much more frequent tillage than a mulch which will be wet wee through on only ty by a fairly heavy rain A light I 1 rain coming ona on a deep mulch will wet I 1 only a small portion and will quickly be evaporated and pass away chist rain has done no good but also as aa done aone no damage A similar rain corn com on a shallow mulch would evaporate and be lost loat but before doing this it would ha have ve connect connected ted with the moisture below and would have made a ready means of escaped escape for all the moisture in the soil under such conditions dit ions a mulch would have to be established again by tillage also the depth of the mulch depends on the purpose and the lai length of time one wishes the mulch to be effective As seeding time approaches the endeavor should bia be to have the mulch become more shallow the seed should be planted beneath the mulch in the moist ground |