Show do your plowing in the fall why wait until spring t W tr 14 your plowing why not do doit it now the sad experience ot of this year ought to teach us that we ought to lessen the chances of rust all we possibly can it is an ap paling fact that not one farm out of 10 will have enough wheat which can be milled to bread the family the price of wheat is up to the ekys now and who knows where it will be befort spring we have acquired the habit babit of doin doing gour our plowing and planting in the spring after having spent a month or more working on the ditch or waiting for the other fellow to get the water out for us why not break that habit babit andio the plowing g in the fall on one farm w what bat which was planted on the first of april on fall plowed land filled out very well and yielded well to the acre while wheat grown on the same farm planted in the middle of may is hardly fit for chicken feed in the vernal section the same thing could be seen on every side the wheat pla planted n ted early escaped the rust while the grain planted later was entirely destroyed destroy 4 ed by rust aside from lessening the risk of damage from rust there are many other advantages adva nages which ought to eliminate spring plowing on the ordinary sized farm the work is more easily done in the fall because the weather is boond cool nd horses are able to do a ceat deal mor ethan they could weather was hot as it generally is before we get the plowing done if it is left until spring we have more feed for the team in the fall and feed is cheaper therefore the work can be done cheaper the horses are in better condition to do hard work in the fall than in the spring because they have been working during the summer and are somewhat hardened and and used to work where the plowing is conein one or two irrigations can be saved thus lessening the cost of raising the crop and increasing greatly the profit of it there is also a greater yield per acre on the fall plowed land there has been many cases of spring and fall land being side by side and planted to the same crop and in everlease every case ease the crop anthe on the fall plowed land was taller and the heads of grain were filled out a great deal better A number of farmers were visited in the ashley valley and asked how much better they considered fall plowing than spring the lowest estimate was five bushels per acre and a great many estimated that was one third better all of these men had used both methods for a number of years if you or cant get fall grain in at least do your plowing this fall yours trula M L harris |