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Show BENEFITS OF DEEP PLOWINt Oparatlon Ntctttary to Turn U Frtah Plant Food Should B j Don In th Early Spring. (Bjr HENRT V. HLANCHARD. Awlntan At ronomlat, Unltd B((n Imparl ninl of Afrlrullur ) Wo cannot plar too much atrcai r upon the Importance of deep plowing The few lncb of toll at the aurfaci have been skimmed for ao lung tbn they are practically devoid of plan food In available form. For thli re on alone It becomea nec-iary U turn up frtbli aoll, Thin will ncces sltata cutting blow that atratuui o soil commonly known as the "plo ' pan" which hna been formed by th practice of plowing year after yeai at the game depth. In many localitlei , plowing at a depth of eight to twelvt Inches la advUable. t'nleti greer rnanur cropa are to be turned under this depth should be reached by I gradual increase in depth for two oi t three years, lly this gradual lncrea In the depth the soil will become properly mixed with the surface soil Leep plowing requires mure powei than Is needed for the ordinary meth od. and the first deep plowing la nior difficult than subsequent plowing This Is due largely to a moro or leal packed condition of the subsoil. Deep ' plowing should be done In the early spring while there Is still sufficient moisture In the soli. It should not be done while the soil Is either too wet or too dry. While the benefits derived from deep plowing may not bo so evident the first season, the results re-sults obtained are of permanent character. char-acter. The subaoll Is benefited by direct contact with the air and other climatic Influences, and the effects of deep plowing will be more noticeable the second snd succeeding years. |