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Show MANY BENEFITS OF PLOWING Stirs Surface of Soil Thoroughly and Puts It in Condition to Catch Any Rain That Comes, From tests that have been made plowing has been better for storing moisture than disking. If heavy rains fall the increase in moisture content con-tent of plowed land over disked land is greater. This is to be expected, since the plowing stirs the surface of the soil more thoroughly, and puts It in better condition to catch any rain that comes. The plowing also will kill all weeds. The disk does not in all cases do this. It may be preferable 3&S soil does not blow when it is fall plowed to plow the stubble fields instead of disking them. This, however, is frequently fre-quently impracticable, due to the dryness dry-ness of the soil. Listing the soil has been almost as good as plowing. We have not, however, made many tests to determine the effect of listing. Nebraska Ne-braska Station. |