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Show . PREVENT BLOWING OF SOILS Whtrt Protection la Not Afforded In Soma Way Land Should Be Olaked Carly In Spring. (By J. K PAYNK. Iry Farming RiHtrlaJ. Ul, rolurmlo Aeiirultuml I'ullr.) Ground tbat haa been farmed Ions enough ao that the graea route are rotten, la likely to blow badly In the spring, when the weather la dry. If the eoll la not protected in aom way. Buch land ahould be dlaked aa early In the aprlng aa poaalble. Tbla will: leave the aurface a little rough, ao tbat the One aoll gralna will be protected pro-tected from the wind. Tbla cultivation may be done with a corn cultivator with shovels, If no dlik barrow la available. By tbua atlrrtng (be aurface of the aoll a aoll mulch will be formed which will prevent pre-vent evaporation of tnolature from below, be-low, and the aurface will be In proper condition for taking In the rain that fall. Tbla atlrrlng will keep the aoll In good condition for plowing much longer than It would be kept If the ground were left unstirred. Tbla cultivation will bury many weed aeeda which will aoon germinate. germi-nate. Aa aoon aa the weeda begin to come up the drag harrow ahould b used. Having a looae aoll In which to work, the harrow wfll destroy th weed seedling very rapidly. The htirrow may deatroy a aecond crop of weeda If the ground la sot to be planted until late In the aeason. Tbeae barrowtnga will alio keep the aurface of the aoll In condition for taking In tnolature and alao preventing pre-venting the evaporation of the water which la In the aoll. Fly giving the aoll thla aprlng treatment, tnolature la conserved, and weeda which would Interfere In-terfere with cropa are killed. |