Show OATS AND BARLEY STUBBLE land sh should 0 id be plowed in august to allow sufficient clent time for the weeds to rot it if tho the oats and barley land la Is to to be drilled to groin grain in tho the fall it should li be plowed in august to give ehno for or the weeds to rot and the ground to settle says saya a writer in tho the baltimore american if tho the ground Is dry and d so BO hard as to make it impossibly impossible to plow put three horses in tho the sulky cultivator A better implement la is the steel cutaway disk set the teeth to run deep and cut tho the ground over by harrowing the field lengthwise and then than across most of the weeds can bo be turned under arid and the hard surface broken up making it much easier to plow na as soon boon ris na the august rains set in the dubble and weeds should bo be plow plowed ed under and not burnt na as these when rotted add to tho the fertility of tho the soil and tend to make it capable of holding more moisture long stalk or manure manura should either bo be spread evenly over tile tho field and plowed under or used as a top dressing after tho the grain la Is drilled in it if the manure la is rotted and hue fine spread it on oil top ot the plowed ground rind and harrow barrow it tn in as soon as a spread tho the quickest and most eco cco method la Is to use n ki spreader as aa it can then bo be spread evenly and just the right quantity to the aero acra ono of the great advantages in the use of tho the spreader Is in cutting up the lumps lumpa and portions ions as aa it la Is be ing spread two men with a two borse spreader will haul and spread more manure than four men will spread from wagon or cart tile tho manure should not bo be put out in little piles but spread direct from the wagon rind hat bara rowed into tho the top soil before it arica there Is then no loss of fertility |