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Show FEATURES OF THE DISK PLOW Under Certain Circumstances Implement Imple-ment Can Be Profitably Used Not Heavy to HauL Tbe disk plow Is not very thorough-y thorough-y understood. Although It la sever-y sever-y criticised and many ar skeptical ibout Its value. It bas Its advantages, ind In Its place and under certain circumstances cir-cumstances It la a profitable. tooL It is of great service to the farmer shose farm Is In a part of tie country iubjct to droughts where the soil Is too dry to be plowed easily. Tbe disk is not at bom In wet soil Nor should It be used In fool fit Ids which have to bo well cut and ctinv plcU-ly turned over to cut up tb grasses and weeds and thoroughly annihilate an-nihilate the post a !uring a wet growing time the disk plow Is of no use because it does no good to partly rut the ground and cover It with a little loos soil. Just as with other tools, a great advantage ad-vantage la galiM-d by knowing bow to use a disk plow. Bom fanners eel Ihe disks too far apart, which Is not wise becaus on cannot count on a disk turning a furrow more than II Inches across. It Is more advisable to js more disks and aet thera close together. to-gether. In this way the farmer can get bis soil pulverized better tban be :an In any other way. The disk plow Is not expensive to juy and Is nut heavy to haul Tbe 'act that It Is of no us In wet ground s In some senses a good thing. Rome farmers will. In order to hurry on tbe sork, plow with the mold board when be soil Is too wet and unfit to be jlowed. |