Show STUBBLE IS OF VALUE bleave AS MUCH IN GROUND AS POSSIBLE FOR TWO REASONS tons lone Is that it may be flowed under for fertilizer and other that it J ma may Y catch snow and help ac cumulate moisture by E it PARSONS in harvesting small grain it Is most important to leave as much ot of the stubble on the ground as possible lor for two entirely different and distinct purposes one Is that it may be plowed under for fertilizing purposes the other that it may catch the snow and help to accumulate moisture fo tor r it is just as necessary to absorb the water as it is to conserve it in california they keep up the fertility ol of the wheat fields by heading beading and they plow the straw under some farmers pasture stock eeoc k on it and then plow the manure under which amounts to much the same thing the treatment of 0 a field subsequent to lo the harvesting period depends on ita ila physical condition at the time and on the needs of the next crop to be raised on it supposing wheat follows wheat without any fal lowing which by the way we do not recommend for rotation Is much better than ahan single cropping then the land should be plowed as soon as it is possible the stubble turned under and the field left la in a receptive condition for precipitation until planting time for the winter wheat in september there is an axiom in dry farming which I 1 would impress on my read era never raise spring wheat in a a country where winter wheat flourishes the reasons are too obvious to lo need explanation and too many to print in this article but I 1 might quote irom from the united states department part ment of agriculture that the yield for winter wheat Is 14 bushels average per acre as against nine for spring N v heat on khedry the dry farm small grain should be followed by corn sorghum or potatoes but the moisture question often cuts our rotation down to small grain corn and alfalfa it if the field is intended for corn or sorghums sorg hums it should be plowed in the tall fall and the crops planted in the spring but it if the physical condition of 0 the field is such that it cannot cannoa be plowed in the tall fall it can be left in the stubble all winter disked as soon as it is pastured off and plowed as deeply as possible as soon as the frost will per anit jelt As far as the plowing is concerned every inch ot of depth counts in dry farming tar ming especially up to ten inches the difference between six inch plowing and ten inch plowing often dou 1 bling the crop when we thoroughly appreciate this fact there will be no finore imore failures in dry farming it if the land is intended for another derop ot of winter wheat after being fallowes fallowed it may also be left aln the stubble and treated as tor for corn I 1 but the plowing should be done in may iday or june when the weeds aie are all dp ap eight or nine inches high this method makes tor for fertility and more than supplies the humus lost in cultivating there Is a period however between the time when the frost Is out of the ground and the plowing which must be bridged over by disking in the manure left on the ground by the cattle this will also mulch the land and bury the weed seeds which will come up later on and be turned under by the plow fall plowing is the best for corn it lt the soil is light and the lister hater Is used in the spring spring plowing us usually best tor for the sorghums sorg hums fall plowing is the best tor for oats on any land tor for this crop needs deeply plowed but solid soil boll and nothing Is better than natures packing by plowing ten inches deep and allowing the land to settle all winter 75 bushels per acre may often be raised on the best soil |