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Show DECIDING ON TIME TO PLOW Amount of Water Accumulated From Snow and That Taken Up by Weeds Is Greatest Question. i In deciding the time to plow, the . advantages and disadvantages of both spring plowing and fall plowing must be taken into consideration. Heavy . rains in August indicate that fall plowing plow-ing should be done, as the gain of moisture during the winter by the stub-j stub-j ble land probably would not equal the loss of moisture taken by the weeds in the fall. If only light rains occur, however, the moisture In the soil pro-' pro-' duced by these rains probably would r be more than offset by the greater 1 quantity of snow held by the stubble during the winter, and the reduction 1 of the weeds in the crop. Spring plowing would then be better. The 3 availability of labor In the fall wii: 1 influence the amount of plowing done 9 but a greater effort should be made to do the plowing If thele Is heavj l" precipitation than If the rainfall Is light. The only advantage in late fal plowing Is that the amount of sprinf a labor In preparing the seed bed Is re i, duced. This advantage, however, maj a be offset by reduction In the yield, b In deciding when a field should bt e plowed the question of whether i grerter amount of water will be accu j. mulated from snow than ill be takei i. up by weeds Is the greatest questloi i- to be decided, and this also must bi e done by the man on the ground. |