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Show WINTER PLOWING What are the advantages oX winter .lowing? First, the farmer has more time to plow than he has in the spring when other work is pushing. push-ing. Second, by plowing under organic or-ganic matter in the fall and winter it decays more throughly by spring and ihe plant food it contains is in better condition to be utilized by plants, 'bird, winter plowed land absorbs :-..i-e of the win'.er precipitation, and irops the following season have more boll moisture. Last, but not least in importance, winter plowing tends to ' rid the soil of injurious insects. The Agronmy department of the Utah Agriculture College states that ;he only condition where fall and winter plowing are not desirable is when the soil is a heavy clay and . lacks organic matter so that it will run together and pack.or is of a loose sandy nature so that it leaches badly, or on steep hillsides where erosin may result. |