Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1888-1899, 1889-10-24
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After the eorn cutting h aaishea up
and the fall wheat rye and grass
s-edlng Il done. there l. always more
or less time before eorn-gatheriag thai
can be used 70 good purpose In TALL
plowing While Il u lmportast that
the cora should b. cribhcd a. early In
the fall a. the work can be doae u Il
not = good plan 10 commence cribbing
until the cora l. sufAciehtly dried 10
BE- cribted withoai danger u heating
Spring work IL always pressing. On
most farms. In The spring. there h
much ~ BE- done. aaa u ls very Inn
porsant that ell the work should be
done In good seasun Fer this reason
u 10 quite a. llem 70 Get ~ much aoas
ahead - possible u order 20 obtain
the bes, results Il l. necessary that
grass ssed aud oats should be .own In
the spring as so0n ~ the soil Il In at
condition 90 reccive the seed In most
cases the earlicr-planted corn makes
the bcst growth and will give The larg-
est yicld. % that II l. Aa item to get
the work done ~ soon as possible.
One % the principal advantages In
tall plowing IA the time saved IN the
spring In the preparation Of the soil
ior the reception Of the sced. In many
cases = few days saved will enahle the
work 30 be done In good season. and
this sasing may he doubled m case Of
had weather eomiag on. 30 that the
advantage In time saved l. sufficient 10
make i profitable - plow all The land
possible In the fall
Another advantage l. that n the land
Il Plowed 10 the fall. and care l. prop
erly taken 10 do The work % runalng
cut burrows 20 that thorough drainage
u supplied the soil will dry Out and
warm up early, and b. In q better con
dition 10 prepare In a good tilth for
secdiag than n left uadlstarbed. With
grazs and oats. this is q very impor-
tsnt item. A. usually. with the frost
eumihg cut % the grouad. and the
spring raias. the soil is full 0f moist
ure, and good damage ls al important
item.
During tho winter. on the majority
of .arms. after the cora is all eribbed
and the fall plowlhg done. there l. but
little 10 do outside % getting up the
necessary supply oi wood and feeding
and caring Tor the stock And. while
this may require considerable work.
there Il alwsys more or less time that
can he used 10 good advantage In haul
ing out and scattering manure Other
things beiag equal the largest benefit
can he derived BY scatts ring broadcast
direct from the wagon on plowed Land.
The more soluble portions will be
taken up ~ the soll aud be- retained
much more fully thaa In uhplewed
land. and the crops will derive greater
eeneft from the applications
A stili further advantage h In plae-
ING he . l. much better eohditlon
A. = b>ssnisae l. she aesioa of ths
- - O. .aAa sag@. xnas .ss..
u 4 not a good plan 10 have = naked
iallo~ ior any leagth Of time In sum
mer. considerable benefit may be de-
rived by thorough Plowing in the fall
aud allowing u 10 h. exposed. This
Il especially the case when the soil
h turned up Cor The 6rst time There
l. Always more Or less plant food In
the soil that 10 In an unavailable coRdl-
ton, and fall plowlng aids materially
In bringing this Into condition 20 ba
used % that considering all the Ad-
vantaFes. Il should b. made an item
30 plow all the land intended for
-pring crops Ia the fall and as early
a. The work can wcll b. done -Sl
Louis Republic.