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Show 1 ' . i ' , Full Plowing". h- t - . ' " zr.;-:!' 1 $ Fall pldwing for sugar beolB cannot be '" ;t A , , too strongly urged. The- sooner tho s k stubbles and weeds are plowed under, if trjr -.only to tho depth of tho three inches, ' " the bettor, followed by a spike harrow "I to make a looso layer of soil on top to 1 . .prevent evaporation. It has been shown ' that land so prepared lost only 0110- I I' thinl as mueh water by cuporation as J i land haviitg a firmly packed surface. p i Unless the land is very rich, spread J ' well-rotted manure aftor tho shallow a i plowing! which will add to the yield, V ',,-' and probably BOinething to tho sugar I ' content. Subsoil and surface plow in K , . 'tho fall, or if this cannot be done, plow 3H ' -as deeply as possiblo, Tho extreme ' dryness of air and soil in all sections in 1 ' the llocky mountain regions makes it ' 'important that manure should bo well If b, rotted. If tho boets aro to follow corn, 5 ' ? clear off tho stalks and harrow $ v thoroughly. In tho fall the plqw can 1 $ bo run twelve or fifteen inches debp, f L while if not dono until Bprijig, it is J T a' " hardly safo to turn up tho "soil much i L below th uerago depth pi tho proviou l Pr plowing four to six incites. Field and M K 'Farm. |