Show early plow for foi wheat will increase yield early plowing for wheat Is one of the biggest factors factora in Iner increasing easing wheat yields says W C shotwell of the missouri college of agriculture this has been proven over a period of years by the experiment stations and farmers in III both missouri and kansas alfre has often been beed as much as five bushels difference in yield of wheat on early and late plowing where all other soil treatments and cultural practices were nvere the same A decrease of one bushel per acre for each week that plowing Is delayed may be expected early plowing conserves available plant food by preventing the growth of weeds which would use up this plant food these weeds turned under later inter would not have time to decay so that this plant food could be liberated the lack of an abundance of plant food to give the young wheat a good start on making a vigorous growth before winter often causes much loss from winter killing |