The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-05-23
THE WEEDER OR THE HARRoWo

time this year, In cultivating crops just before q =
soon after they came up, have said that the weed
or did not stir the soil enough. 4 mixed repor,
favorable and unfavorable in parts. has been mad,
by still others. Those who have found the wood
or the best implement under some conditions and
not the best one under other conditions. have IN
their experience, as shown by their reports. real,v
got at the truth concerning the weeder. Those
last say that " the land II mellow enough. IN.
wcctrr does excellent work: but that when n.
land has formed hard cIods or Is very comnar,
the srikc-t"othcd harrow does better work.
When T." tsr the Wcctcr.-That tells the who,o
story, The wceder f. intended TO be used whom
the harrow would tear up the land TOO much. Tho
harrow II heavy and The teeth arc uuyieidiur
tearing MP the land ny u harrow Is not as sersou,
~ most inexperienced persons would think.
crop knocked about so much by n harrow IA To
discourage on. who had no experience will very
often @traightcn up beautifully and grow with In.
creased sigor. lint there Is a limit TO the tear
ing M Of the land that can safely be- done while
a young crop Is growing above or under the sur
face 81 tn" ground. The wecdcr. with tia lighter
weigh, aud more Welding teeth. can be. and
thorlh be. used in many cases where the harrow
would not do a, all. or but poorly.
The Harrow i. Needed II You Don't t'~r the
Wcs-i"r I'm Timr.-in some instances. the land
that has gos too hard for III. we.d"r and In lis
pF"een' condition requires III. harrow could have
t"cn worked we'll with tho ~red.r II the we.der
had been aacd before the land go, ND hard. This Is
the same thing in "a different form IN failing To
ns" - harrow I'LL grass aud weeds get so large
tlsa, q harrow wIil not Kill them and deep blowing
may BIO necessary. The w.rdur can be- used when
n. crop tn 80 small aud tho w-"dcr will cover the
field Ho fast that II can often h. used to good nd
tor Ia uac- when land ia JUS, starting to form a
gruat. III" @r"dcr viii prevent III. crust from
forming Cultivation with "A w..si.r must be
done at tho RICH, ,imr. III" satn" IA any other
"ots. II IT Is 10 be T%.suittul. II III. right tim.
passes. IL may ho Enn. forever. or only til some
other cultivation has b.cn given FIRST. When. on
account of "A hard crust having formed or the
rotnpariu"Sa os III. soft. "a harrow has 10 b. sub
sii'utcd for "a ~c-irr. 4, In no, unlikely that the
~e"dcr can b" brought tnto service later. when
liEht working may b. h.st.
TIL" Wcrd~r for Light NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
us" The w".d"r may be put to Is 10 cultivate the
crop tightly after II may b. too large 10 harrow
cross ways, The hors. may walk down the middle
between the rows and enough teeth may be re-
moved from the wccdcr So that. whtlo tn. soil
~lll be stirred just outside tho drill. no teeth will
do any work IN tho drill. Since two rows will be
cultivated ut one trip across tho Held. the cultiya-
ton Viii b" very rapid aud can gatnfully be given
al u time when tho average farmer would say
Their" "aa no need whatever for cultivation. but
wc"'s and grass that are just terminating or pos
ably have iust got out OF the ground will be de-
ntroHcd aud the ground viii be kept mellow. This
light stirring will let air and heat into the soil