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Show What Deep Plowing Has Done. We wish those farmers who are skeptical about the value of deep plowing could look at a 1 acre field of barley on the Hoard farm aa it stands Just now, says Hoard s Dairyman of Fort Atkinson. Wisconsin. "Pie land was plowed 12 Inches deep last yearT It was sown about the first of May with 20 pounds of alfalfa seed and three pecks of barley. Tha atand of barley cow In comparison with any other on the farm or In the neighborhood neighbor-hood Is very striking. It Is thicker, stronger, taller, and of a deeper color. Indeed. It ia so heavy a stand aa to cause some concern about the alfalfa seeding. There are several things about It that are well worth atudy ing by any thinking. observant farmer. |