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Show Advantages Of Fall Plowing On Irrigated Land Spring farm operations may be taken out of the "hurry hurry" classification by adopting the fall plowing habit. This is only one of the two main advantages of turning over the turf in the fall as compared with spring plowing. The . autumn operation not only gives a better distribution of labor but also hastens the spring sowing sow-ing operation. On irrigated farms of Utah the spring season is one of the busiest because of seed bed preparation & planting. In the rush of these spring time jobs, plowing is a re- latively slow procedure. Often the planting of crops particularly those that should be seeded early, must be delayed until plowing is completed. com-pleted. Fall plowing under these conditions can more uniformity distribute dis-tribute the labor demand and can effectively step up these springtime spring-time plantings. Heavy soils respond favorably to fall plowing. The action of frost or storms of winter will mellow these soils and put them in good physical condition for spring plan-, ting. Fall plowing aids in the decomposition decom-position of fa. heavy grass sod which is to be put into crops. The settling of such land during the Winter, following fall plowing, also al-so tends to eliminate air pockets that may cause rapid loss of soil moisture when spring plowed. Steep or rolling land may be subject to, severe erosion if fall plowed. This factor may outweigh any advantage resulting from fall plowing sufficiently to warrant lea ving the plowing operation until spring. |