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Show FALL PLOWING ON DRY FARM Work Can Be Done Early Without So Much Danger of Bringing Up Too Much Boll at Once. my M. n. POftTKK, Buperintendi-nt Iwnioiul ration Farm, North Dakota) ' Fall plowing should be done aa early as posstblo, as more weed seeds are started In early plowing, the atubble - decays better and more nitrates are formed and other plant food liberated In larger quantities. Early fall plow Ing can be done deeper than late fall plowing without bo much danger of bringing up too much soil at once from below. Early barley stubble can be plowed to good advantage before the general wheat harvest A H Inch ganjj plow traveling 18 miles a day will plow five acres. In a week, it would turn over 30 acres of land. If there Is any delay In thrashing or stacking the grain due to wet weather or high winds, the gang plow should be started, even If the shocks are on the fields. They can be set over on the plowed land with little difficulty dif-ficulty by the operator of the plow. From 75 to 125 shocks will have to be set over a day, or from four to seven shocks per mile the plow travels. A shock can readily be set over In from 60 to 90 seconds, thus making from four to ten minutes per mile. The horses should have this much time to rest, so there Is practically no lost time In plowing land before the shocks are removed It Is simply an Inconvenience Incon-venience for the operator of the plow, aa he has to stop frequently and set a grain shock over on the plowed land. Bet the gang plows going as early as you can, and keep them going go-ing every day you possibly can until the fall plowing Is done. A 14 Inch gang plow should average five acres a day, or 130 acres a month. On lands that are not Inclined to drift or park down hard a section of a harrow har-row can be hauled after each plow to very good advantage. |
