Show arid farm gospel by geo L farrell where there is a party of sev oral eral purchase not less than acres acre s of land for each male adult find and as much more inore as each can aiford afford all join together in one company and flence fence the tract into one field be it one thousand or ten thousand acres which will be the means of sav ing every mans mana crop at a small expense to each member of the I 1 company when you are i ready eady to commence breaking the land for sow sowing ing grain if you do not havo have plenty of means I 1 would advise 3 ou not to lie be persuaded into buying a steam plow outfit bd buty 4 instead hire a good steam plow to break your first lot of land at so 30 much per acre for breaking the land not less than eight inches deep make a contract for this iu in writing then see that it is done as per contract fall plowing is the best as it has been demonstrated that side by side the fall plowed field has bas yielded ten per cent more inore grain than the spring plowed field ld if plowed in iii the fall leave the ground rough until spring when as son as dry enough disc and harrow it and if weeds appear disc again and after every rain storm as soon as dry enough harrow again the object of which is to conserve the moi moisture in tho the soil continued on page 6 arid farm gospel r continued from froin t I 1 pa page ge td in I 1 I 1 the latter part of A august u g qs t take jake a good strong leveler voler le 14 or 16 feet fee t long by 10 reet feet wide and run over the land crosswise of I 1 the plowing so its as to fill up nil the dead dea d furrows preparatory to sovi sowing nr the fall ddll wheat HOW TO SOW WHEAT i take ake a good double disc or a press drill and sow ow 35 to 40 lbs ibs per acre not later than september to if possible at af tier r the wheat is all sown continue ime to bre break a k land its as long as possible pos s ible leaving it rough i tile the W winter inter for the froit and allows to fel fertilize lilice ailt it and alid I 1 as ab soon as dry enough to io work the next spring put tile the disc and harrow barrow to work when the wheat sown aale the previous fall is id two inches inclines high I 1 P it should be harrowed bah way with tile the harrow teeth pe th turned hackward abolt 30 degrees and this will break the baked aked top soil without pulling up and destroy destroying inci the wheat but instead will pulverize the soil and admit fresh fr esh air to the roots of the grain grahl imparting f resh fresh vigor and form forin a ill mulch U jell on oil top to conserve tile the mois ture which the sun will continue to bring up tip to the r roots jutson jut of the grain until it is well matu red |