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Show OATS AND BARLEY STUBBLE Land Should Be Plowed In August to Allow Sufficient Time for the Weeds to Rot- If the oats and barley land is to be drilled to grain in the fall, it should be plowed in August to give time for the weeds to rot and the ground to settle, says a writer in the Baltimore American. Ameri-can. If the ground is dry and so hard as to make it impossible to plow, put three horses in the sulky cultivator. A better implement is the steel cutaway disk. Set the teeth to run deep and cut the ground over. By harrowing the field lengthwise and tlmn across, most of the weeds can be turned under and the hard surface broken up, making mak-ing it much easier to plow as soon as the August rains set in. The stubble and weeds should be plowed under and not burnt, as these, when rotted, add to the fertility of the soil and tend to make it capable of holding more moisture. mois-ture. Long stalk or strawy manure should either be spread evenly over the field and plowed under or used as a top dressing after' the grain is drilled in. If the manure is rotted and fine, spread it on top of the plowed ground and harrow it in as soon as spread. The quickest and most economical eco-nomical method is to use a spreader, as it can then be spread evenly and just the right quantity to the acre. One of the great advantages in the use of the spreader Is In cutting up the lumps and strawy portions as it la being be-ing spread. Two men with a two-horse spreader will haul and spread more manure than four men will spread from wagon or cart. The manure should not be put out in little piles, but spread direct from the wagon and harrowed' har-rowed' into the top soil before it dries. There is then no loss of fertility. |