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Show LISTER GIVES GOOD RESULT. Probably Due to Tact That Implement Plants Grain Deeper In 8oll, Thereby Getting Deeper Root. tlty PitOF. W. V SNYDER. Nebreslt Kvperlinent Htntlun.l We usually find that In the semi arid west the lister given better result, than the surface planter. This probably prob-ably 1m due to the fart that the Ustpr plants the grain deeper in the soil, and possibly thereby gem the plant to root deeper. On this farm we have found that the Hitter has (riven better bet-ter remiti. than the surface planter with coin. Ilnrrlng the danger from the soil blowing, all the dry land should be producing a profitable crop or have no vegetation upon It. An soon as a crop Is harvested, the land fehonld be put In the best possible condition for securing se-curing mid storing moisture. A field which has grown small grain this year anil Is lo be put Into corn next spring shoiii be disked thoroughly or plowed plow-ed or listed Immediately after harvesting har-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 cultivation culti-vation Is necessary to keep It In good condition until the next crop Is planted. plant-ed. It Is probable that the ground which Is to be put In corn will give the best results If It Is listed after harvest har-vest and then the rblgs broken with a lister at corn planting lime the next spring. It Is sometimes difficult to list ground which was fall plowed, especially especial-ly If much trash was plowed under. I'mler tiiese conditions a furrow opener, open-er, used on a common surface planter, or a planter known as the loose-ground liHter, may be preferable to the lister. The proper depth of the soil mulch depends on many factors. The character char-acter of the soil, the frequency and the amount of rainfall, and the rate of evaporation are factors. We find that a mulch three or four Inches deep Is more satisfactory than a very shallow shal-low mulch. A mulch which will be wet through by a very light rain requires re-quires much more frequent tillage than a mulch which will be wet through only by a fairly heavy rain. A light rain coming on a deep mulch will wet only a small portion and will quickly be evaporated and pass away. This rain has done no good, but also 1 as done no damage. A similar rain com-in; com-in; on a shallow mulch would evaporate evap-orate and be lost, but before doing this It would have connected with the moisture below and mould have made a ready means of esrajie for alt the moisture In the soil. Under such conditions, con-ditions, a mulch would have to be established es-tablished again by tillage. Also the depth of the mulch depends on the purpose and the length of time one wishes the mulch to be effective. As seeding time approaches, the endeavor endeav-or should be to have the mulch becouie more shallow. The seed should be planted beneath the mulch In the moist ground. |
