The Huttig news., 1913-11-08
Fall Flowing and Deep TilIaqe.

good crops. The bad weather tbat has pr vailed this fall has delayed the gathering of the cotton and the corn crops, and of course the farm CTS connot break the ground for the next crop until the present one is gathered, hence many farmers will be prevented from breaking ther land. or part of it. until after the first of January. However. those who can should breaK all the land they can without delay. By fall breaking a greater amount of green stuff and vegetation will be turned under, an humus added to the soil. By adding humus you get more organic matter into the soil. and it becomes enriched and other wise improved thereby. The vege- table m2tter turned under will decay and have q beneficial effect on the soil. No soil will continue to make good crops without organic matter. Turning under the weeds, grass and stalks will not m get every purpose but it will go long ways towards maintaining the product iveness of the soil.
 Deep tillage serves another pur- pose. It gives a better seed bed and more loose soil to hold the moisture next year while the crop is growing, and also goes a long way in preventing washing If soil is plowed shallow the soft pulyerized dirt or top soil will easily wash away. If plowed deep the rainfall will ue absorbed to the full depth. and the washing vii be lessened. Let US take an example of the difference between shallow and deep breaking as applied to a corn crop in the growing season. If you lay off your rows three and half feet apart and plant the corn ! in the drill 2 inches apaF. you will have a soil surface to support each stalk extending from the stalk to the middle of the row. on each side, or 9 Inches each side. making a total of 42 inches. and the width of this strip would be 6 inches each way between the stalks or a total width of 12 inches. Multiply the 42 by the l2 and it makes a surface of 5O4 inches to each stalk on which the winter rains fall. If you break your land 4 inches deep you will lave in cubic inches times 5O4 or 2O16 cubic inches of loose soil to catch the rain and hold the moisture to catch the rain and hold the mos. ture to feed eacn stalk of corn. Now suppose you should break your land 8 inches deep. You would have 4O52 cubic inches of loose soil to hold moisture. Not only that, but you would have the same proportion of loose sol in which plant food would be made available. by being released and are ated, and by having moisture to take up the plant food and convey it to the roots of the plants. There would also be the increased pro- portion of loose soil for the feeder roots to maHe their way in search of plant food Then isl, ti reason able to suppose that that the growth o5 l h. crop would be better and the yield greater without any additional labor or cost in cultiva- ting the c-op?
 This example will apply to any other crop as corn. However, it is not best to break your land too deep. Do not break your ground more than 2 inch IS deeper than you did the last time. unless you use a disk blow and thoroughly mix the soil If you desire to go deeper 1t will be alright to subsoil, and in fact subsoiling will be good plan anyway.
 JOHN II. FACE,
 Commissioner of Agriculture.
 Guy Taylor for Reelection.