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Show ADVANTAGE OF DEEP TILLAGE Drouth of 11 1 Stlrrsd Up Interest Among Fsrmers on Problem of Molatura Conservation. The great drouth of 1911 caused a crop shrinkage of hundreds of million! mil-lion! of bushels. Hut It wrought a benefit that cannot be calculated. It ctlrred up an Interest In deep tilling, and the conservation of moisture that will spread until every farmer knows how to protect his crops against tho dryest season. You hear dorp tillage discussed at the farming congresses, ays the Farm, Stock and Home. You read about It In every lending farm paper. It la the talk at the Institute and granges. It will not he many year nulll we are netting out of our poor aoll all that It la capable of producing and that. too. without "noil mining" or "soil robbing.' The Introduction of deep tlllnge. tools la another reanon for the widespread wide-spread determination to go deeper Into the aoll. at thla time. Heretofore It has been exceedingly difficult for the farmer to till aa deeply aa recommended recom-mended with the ordinary plows at hla command. Hut auch toola have proved that they not only till aoll deeply but that they make a pulverized aeed bed all In one operation. The seed bed prepared by auch toola la thua an ample am-ple reservoir to hold the early spring ralna. It will absorb three tlmea aa much moisture aa a ahallow tilled field. The farther down the molature goea the leas the evaporation. The farther down the aoll la pulverized the roota will go, thua getting all the drink they need even when no rain falla. We have plenty of molature bow. Heavy ralna everywhere. We will have oceana of water all winter and next spring. It may make thought-leaa thought-leaa people tired to think about water now but the long headed farmer knowa that he will need water Juat aa much next July and August aa he did In 1911 and lie will prepare to aave It. |
