The Snowflake herald., 1916-03-17
,crFfI1s OF FLOWING
Time for Breaking Is Late
B'' Gall or Early Winter.
"a Case It Is Better to PIoW
In AVE.. 1oo Deep Than Too Shall
L"" work Must Be Performed
"" with Some Judgment.

or,d region the best time to
. 1,e ta breaking is in the wi winter It, when
The g0ut ist for the work. The advan9
ably n,'o ~ early winter plowing are that
tags' =, we'll be spared for the work,
tine "oD ore cool on teams. and extra
The aSy' done now will better equaIize
To7lns, the year and prevent the ne
labOr u ,or rush in the spring. when so
f8''I0 0,,Sarent things are crowding in
many .ontion u writes Henry Andrews
|. sT nsnTer r,5Vs Field and Farm; Some of
b DSn; a Moved in late fall and early
thP IsnI will not need to be replowed
WINE, .Dring. but if some of it must be
fSN y ~ ogain the labor will be we'll
pO"'' There is seldom any danger
spen" aon much good in stirring the
Oal V,t "on In fact the productive ca,
sou O'' y, many soils would be mate
acn' ,Urreased by a double plowing
Iam ..rb crop planted. This Is espe-
=, ,9,,rv ,' true with heavy soils
cpns d., what about deep plowing IN
.a, Du' or at any time of the year? In
NJ @ average case it is certainly better
,,,oite what some of the Washington
'sr .~.. told us at the Dry Farming
,.oss to plow a little too deep
=, then little too shallow. How
>, o,tra deep plowing must be, done
m Judgment. Some soils will be
,.sstv I benefited while others may pos
univ M bp injured by 1t. Any soil that
!. M of humus and is black and deep
,.o.ated by extra deep blowing at
,ms Thin soils with only a few
,,,Aos of humus near the surface
,tood be deepened gradually The
.r5eoil Of such land is sterile or near
J ,o II large proportion of this
,,orIe subsoil is turned up to the sur.
t,co At one blowing. the fertility of
,,o ,oedbed may be diluted or weak
,r 4 unless manure is applied to bring
\ IN On thin land the surface bu-
INNS should not be buried so deeply
hat terminating seeds and young
roos cannot easily reach it On such
hrd where deep plowing is done, the
mrOv should be turned to stand on
ed.s rather than turned completely
rer to bury the top soil and leave
|my sterile hardpan at the surface
Al the time this article is being
written, the first week of November. |
an preparing a field Of thin adobe soil
|fr blowing. This field has been in
rasture. It is fairly we'll covered with
|1nDDngs from the animals. 1t is now
being covered with a thin coating OF
stable manure. AS soon as it is Gov
cred It will be disked and plowed about
eight inches fdeep with four horses to
b tWOhorse plow. If the draft is not
loo heavy it will be plowed nine or
ben inches deep. After this thin layer
has been plowed 1t will be allowed to
BE In rough burrows all winter to
weather.
Later In the winter when the ground
u frozen, stable manure Is to be
Psued and scattered over the entire
FIELD In the spring all Is to be plowed
pyar again to a depth Of about six
|Dches, In this way organic matter
|TiIl have been given to the subsOil
Pnd considerable quantity will be
|ntXed with all of the top soil to sup
Pement the humus already there. This
Ped Is to be planted to corn next
SVing. An early-maturing variety
|TiII be used and the corn will be re-
moved early for soiling. so that the
ana may be further prepared and
SEEDED to wheat the first of next
N'p'ember. | will get some spent
|ne from the sugar factory and put
\ a layer of it in the spring, The
ssng will be deep and thorough, in
|a'f TO cut the manure finely and to
|uN Il well with the soil to make the
eTaOed Of uniform texture as we'll as
|lSVp and fertile. The lime will be ap-
uea primarily for the future crops,
Il IS intended that it will so help
~ corn The productiveness and
aOlIlty Of heavy. stiff soils may he
~pOVeo by deep plowing and work
aS a'o the manure and other trash.
pIOWlng in the fall and winter for