Show autumn cultivation theoretically there is nothing better than autumn cultivation and this is of often t spoken ofas a practice that may be followed in any season the weather controls the extent to which it can b bo 0 carried out and though whan when well executed there is nothing of greater value yet injudiciously effected more harm than good may bo be done perhaps the cie greatest good can bo done on heavy soils as they are then turned over when in a dry condition and soils inverted then dry rarely run together however much wet falls on them during winter consequently they turn out dry and easily worked in spring whereas if plowed out in winter the condition in spring pring is more suggestive of a bar of old fashioned soap than of material from which mellow seedbeds seed beds are made The lighter soils can of course be worked advantageously in less favorable weather so a longer season remains for working them consequently an apparent backwardness may often be made good but Bat whatever the evil there is no doubt that where 0 possible it is an advantage to go forward with the tilling in autumn |