Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16

ing any old kind of furrow opener,
double or single disc or holes or
shoes, that merely go without clogg-
ing, without paying careful attention
to the way in which the drill
deposits and covers the seed To
put the seed in right the drill should
have such furrow openers as will not
merely 60 without clogging when
when the soil is sticky and muddy,
but will at the same time put all of
the seed mot merely portion of.it)
at the bottom of clean wide furrow
which should be made of an even
depth, then all the seed not merely
part of it should be covered with
equal amount of earth. liz other
words, if it is right to put the seed
in at depth of two inches, it is
wrong to put some in at that depth
and the balance at depth of three
inches, one and half inches, and
and half inch and some laying bare
on top of the ground. If the seed
is put in right, the seed bed made
correctly, all seed put at the bottom
of clean wide furrow and covered
with an equal amount of earth, it
will sprout at the same time, come
up at the same time, stool at the
same time, ripen at the same time
and the crop will be of an even high
grade; while, if the seed is deposited
at various depths, some in moist
ground, some in dry ground and
some on top of the ground, it will
not all sprout at the same time, nor
will it stool or ripen at the same
time. The crop will not be as
healthy and strong and as able to
withstand drouth, as an evenly
sown crop. The yield will not be
as large and the grade will be infer
ior because the crop must necessarily
ripen at different dates. 1t will not
be of uniform grade, the whole crop
will be graded not up to the best,
but the best must come down to the
grace of the poorest. If the grade
is lowered, the price is lowered cor
respondingly. Therefore, by SOW
ing right you will not only get a
larger yield per acre, but also bet
ter price per bushel for your crop.
1t is on the third point. "How
can ! put my seed in at the proper
time, in the spring and put it in
right, if my ground is very wet and
sticky?' In the first place some
drills on the market today cannot
be operated when the soil islwet and
sticky. There are drills that can be
operated under such conditions and
at the same time put all of the seed
at the bottom of a clean wide furrow
and cover all of it uniformly. 1t is
here that many farmers go estray.
Competition among the manufac-
turers, jobbers and retail implement
dealers sometimes leads them to
make aggregated statements. You
want to be absolutely sure not only
that drill will go in all kinds and
conditions of soil without clogging,
but that it will make clean, wide
seed bed, put all OF the seed way to
the bottom and cover all Of it with
an equal amount of earth. Get the
machines that will produce theresults
A few dollars difference in price on
the first cost is small item. You
can better afford to throw away a
machine iii you have one) that won't
do il work right than to keep it if
you have as much as City acres Of
grain TO put In. The right machine
will increase your yield enough to
pay for itself. The same principle
Of common sense should be applied
IN raising : crop Of grain, as is
applied by the constructor of a large
building. Get the foundation right.
Put your seed in right