Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-10-21

Flowing will soon be in progress.
Many have already begun to turn the
stubble fields while others are well
along with the work P.owipg Is an
important task on The farm and the
plow may be considered the most
essential OF all our farm implements.
what is the object OF blowing? Some
say 1t is to cover UP the weeds and 10
bring more weed seeds 10 the sur
face where they may sprout and get
In condition to enable person to de-
stroy them Others add that to loosen
the soil, as is turned with the piow,
is to enable it TO absorb water to
better advantage.
All these are good reasons but there
are many other equally ilapo.tan ar
guments in favor OF p.o"ing. While
blowing, if properly done, pu.s the
surface Of the soil in better cordl n
for the absorption OF water, poor p4or-
ing does not always do it, 90 into a
field where the ground is dry ard hard
and turn the soil over, breaking ii up
into large Jumps as is often done
under such conditions, and you injlre
its physical condition When YOU
turn furrow THAT is dry and hard
i and full of big Jumps the furrow slice
is left rather loose and NOT properly
connected with the subsoil under
Meath This is especially true when
10 nf
ganic matter to be turned under. A
furrow slice left in that manner dries
out and results in the production OF
hard clods. which can be broken down
only wi.n difficulty True, clod to.na-
ton in the 1all is not so Objectionable
as it is Ill he spsiEg since tall plo~ed
land VIZ. 80 III opgh a Stacking arc
me!lo9iug p.ocass though the winter
mon h5 Lecause OF alternating freezing
and ihaw4ng 10 oSe. come cod iol-
NATION vie tc.e,e il VII Ply il mos
instance 10 Ao.ouShi5 disc the stub.
Bile aell4 Le.o.9 lloeias. It VIII lie
well TO do@tle disc it. aud % do it a.
right 2GL-t ha uiecion in "hi5h
IL Is 70 w p.o Nel,
This d.-(iug H... 10 mellow the ur-
face ill.,, p.oAlL5 VIII 1e mucA elsie
than M..hodt it, and BESIDES i cutd-
Yates nat PAT Of The .urow sl.ue
that c.4n3t be reached % ell liter
the ground has b(en pioTed, but he
most imrortsnI adyan,ase gained
from diacing bcioie ploMing lies IN
the fact that The top of the tuTl Q"
slice will come in close contact with
the bottom OF the furrow and thus re
establish capillary action so thai
water from below may rise up into the
top soil to large extent preventing
clod formation,
The importance of thorough filling
cannot be overestimated. Bacterial
action continues through the fall
months and the more favorable the
condition in the soil for the growth
and development OF bacteria, the more
of the insoluble plant food in the sol
will be made soluble and available
for next years crops.
A soil that remains hard and dry
through the fall months does not pre-
sent ideal conditions for the free circu
lation of air, and since air is neces
sary for bacterial life, it is eviden
that these organisms cannot do tht
amount of work in poorly cultivated
soil that they can in one which the
physical condition lis more favorable
AS a rule farmers do not realize tina
physical composition of soil is al
important, and in many cases ever
more important, than the chemica
composition A soil may contain al
abundance of plant food, yet not yielt
good crops even II moisture conditions
are favorable, simply because thu
plant food it contains may be over
come by tillage. Farmers Tribune,