Show th farmers loss by trash dry farming congress s service capillary water is tile cha anois moisture that talat sils sustains taille tile the plant the water is ip first stored in tile deeper sub soils and by Ila natures tures process called capillary attraction boll it moves upward passing from soil sail particle to soil particle until it readies reaches abe surface where ll ere i it is used by the plant roots to sustain the plant or itis lost by evaporation this process is is perfect if the alio seed bed is so made that the particles of soil are in ill close proximity and itald tile circulation of air is free if however air airspaces air spaces exist in the seed bed so that the particles of soil are not it in close contact i the iiii nu of water waier stops two bilings stop the movement of capillary pillary a water and it is up to t ie farmer to so BO till iii his s soil eliat tile the abnormal conditions will not exist the two J conditions are 1 trash on oil the surface bile such as weeds stubble corn stalks or I 1 coarse iii manure anure 2 lumps in the body or on the bottom of the seed bed trash turned under is responsible si ae for more crop failures or sli rt crops especially in ill dry y years eairs than bilat till all other atlle causes together the trash turned under prevents it a compact soil contact between the furrow slice and take bottom odthe of the furrow the result is large air spaces and when the capillary water readies reaches tile break it stops and the seed bed dries out lumps in the seed bed produce practically the same saine condition there isbit is but one good sure remedy that is diac all tile the trash well into tile the ground before it is plowed and disc the ground thoroughly after it is plowed and in semiarid semi arid regions make the seed bed more compact by using a subsurface sub surface packer I 1 mr farmer the di disc su harrow barrow is a safe insurance policy against loss whether you farm in it a humid section or in the semiarid semi arid regions you cannot afford to ignore before and after plowing with it you make available soil witter water regardless of droutha drout hs and you increase the feeding area of plant roots by pul pulverizing verz verzhin hig the lumpy W E taylor toy lor |