Millard County Chronicle | 1913-05-22 | Page 2 | Deep Plowing is Essential

DEEP PLOWING IS ESSENTIAL Equally Necessary Wher Dry Farming Farm-ing Methods Ar Employed In Use of Surface Paeksr. a In all localities where, dry farming YtnoJ' r employed, deep plowing ssentlal. Equally necessary Is the I use of the subsurface packer, blade harrow or some other Implement that will pack tbe furrow slice firmly against the subsoil. These two tblnga are essential to tbe preparation of a good seed bed and a seed bed which will take up and hold all tbe precipitation precipi-tation during the fall and winter. Generally Gen-erally speaking, too much plowing and harrowing la done for tbe express purpose of getting enough loose dirt on tbe surface to cover tbe seed. As moisture la paramount to tbe growing of any crop, methods conducive to tb taking tip of that moisture by the sol and the holding of tbe same In the soil for the growing crop are Important factors In crop production.