Show of livo afook on tho the farm PROPER DRY FARM TILLAGE i s experience hau hao taught not to stir soil boll deeper than rainfall has had W wet W et tho ground Grou by W F CAMPBELL 1 X LINCOLN COUNTY NEB in a recent issue of the dry fanning 1 ng congress bulletin the following rules were laid down by prof B C bettum for dry farmers plow deep seed thin J compact the ground maintain the soil mulch wo usa clean tillage and good op seed ed ir these rules are proper with proper adaptability of the depth of stirring the soil in proportion to the amount of rainfall we have about 20 inches of rainfall during the months of spring and summer coming when most needed in may june july and au gust experience here Lin lincoln coll county nebraska has demonstrated that wo we must not stir our soil deeper than the showers wet the ground tit at each fall of rain in order to conserved conserve the moisture and wo we must have our soil fing fine and compact as deep as aa it has been stirred for the seed genni nates best just at tho the bottom of the layer wet by the showers chichi should be about tareo inches from the surface or about the same depth as stirred and made compact A disic is a good implement to stir old ground tor for small grains but leaves the ground too fluffy and light and it will dry out too quickly unless a drar drag toot harrow Is used immediately after th tho disk to compact tile earth and mako a fine mulch and solidify the soil on oil the seed of all small grain sown broadcast if a drill la Is used to seed watfa the ground should bo be dragged ahead i of t the he trill drill then the drill will put the seed right at the bottom of the eul i layer laye r of soil in other words word sr the depth to cultivate should be goy arned by did depth to which the rainfall wets the soil if we cultivate deeper than tile the falling rain peno we cannot conserve the mols mois ture because the clods lying below the layor layer wet by showers dry outs out and the grain sprouts and des alca for want of moisture before the next shower comes ground to be planted to corn should be disked in the spring S p ring and then planted with a lister deep deely also etli stirring ring the bottom of the row fow with willi a sub soller and dropping the eed aced at tile the bottom of if tile tho sub and covering with a couple of dauk wheels and packing a wheel io fol lowing after the corn comesup 1 acan cultivate three or four times time all tho the soil over and stirring i up the middle of the rows three inches aft deep the less rainfall the more mora sli shallow allow cultivation 1 T |