The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1917-03-13
ABSENCE OF WINTER RAINS
MAKES FALL PL0WED
FIELDS TOO LOOSE
HARROW SHOULD Be At WORK
Deep Flowing Is Good Policy But Rad
ieaI Increase in Depth May
Hold Back Yields During
First Year.


IN Oklahoma the past ran than mas
been done for great many years
Early fall blowing is necessary and
essential to big crop production, but
the winter has been unusually dry
and there has moi been sufficient rain.
fall fo settle the soil and knit the
,iouod sou hoc1 70 ,bo suhsol
.. tl.n 4, ,ho
'i ''' o'0O'i'' "' ''.'''''e 'O'
pIanI 10 use II must come III coI''e'
with the air and that IS one reason
why early fall plowing pays. Unless
the soil thai has been ploWed and the
.ubsoil are reunited. The moisture cu-
ront- are moi eomnlete and ibo seeds
atoa i aha 1ooso .ou con,ot do
, ..,.,.., 80, 49,, ,,,,;,,,ro o,,,.
mum s'0' no ,''''', NV, -, -
'i'' p ''"l'1u '''''''' -
pect nature "i'n 'ne "'''''' ",''9
p"0A 'ne Seeu 'eU W. 10 '"'
"'u'ei 'H''e mas D''H ,0O1 '"'N ~
lnol7'uIe '"" i'e 'al'u' =" D'0' ~ -
S'"nces' - @s iooSe 90 - we '''
III was Hi7' P''"e"
There nave been volumes "Il1'eh
about deep ploWing ana 1t is d sub
iecl that has been discussed since
HE early days OF clVilizalion pul II
ID true that no positive rule can DE- lald
down regarding the time Oh the depi4
of ploNins ~ Ohlahoma lneie =
one practice in plo"ing IN oklahoma'
however, mar should be corrected
and that is the depth TO "hlcn me
pillow should be changed each year
For instance, II we ploW me same
field to depth OF mehe5 every
wear we form plo" sole lna' De-
comes hard, imperNona 70 water ana
finally SO nara lhal loois cannot
penetrate il. BY changing the deplh
of plo"mg "A little each year ms
packing OF me suDsoll can De over
come Then, in considering me depln
10 which to ploW. II is Wen TO Increase
the depth gradually from year 10
year If field has never Oeeh
ploNed more than three inches deep
1t is not good pollcy 10 ploW II elsh'
or ten inches the hrst time' ! ne
depth should be increased gfaoudiil
All over Oklahoma' lew years ago
when every town was putting IN It's
water systems and digging di'ches
in the streets, 1t was observed tha'
the first year following the Digging
Of these ditches no vegetation oil any
kind grew upon the Soll mat was lei'
when the ditches we're hiled up me
second year ms soll prouu'eu
larger crop OF weeds thah any oi tht
adjoining land know man IL
Bryan County VINO oonsh' tractor
few years ago. lie Oellefed IN ueel
plowing he began ~ 'ne la'e "'i'e
10 prepare his land for oats. IL wa
average Vk'anuinS ~ ''''' 'a"",
nao heen p'o"eu 10 ,'e ~ - ~,
ior oV'anona '"nu N"o''
'nchesl Having d s'ea' ue'' VI ~" Nv
er IN ms ne" ttAolo' ne uiopp'" ~
plo"s doNn anu s''''eu 'le m"', "
from the pot'om 70 d uep,n " ''o'
zen ln'oes ne a,r'Ne" Wv -,
surface ana piFn'eu ms o''s. ~ op
me at oar'es' V,ne ''a' ,'' u"Iu'l so
nis seeu uaoS A,u ~ ' ,''e +, , A' H. H.
|''T" ,!n,D ','' ~ n,if w a,,h tho air. and m
nav, 'au ' n,g. =, oon+.Hod b.d bocom
'oDY ',..,1a ,an tha rIon, - rso am,
''',''' ,aa .a,uad +, ,hacl doo.
's'' a,n ,'",'' soaa nod So mot tho cn,
~ - - =" ,,,o,.tnro contfnnod ,o ris
~ ,".s M aai, and cnrnish tho nlan
''''e'e - IL Ma, fts r.cords +
WY n's' ~, nroductior Tbo mini
:, 49,. ,,oinn - Io,,ar n,
''''' - - ha aon
~ ,I,. I'D hod n,,st ho wa
q ."''' ,'..'''s, ""1 wy
k P'''' o,,.,....
vi eau ,'u'i'u'' . y, 'o'A1 ~. - . Ina1 H.
J. WeIe in''"''' ~ p''" ,,-, -.
e la'' a'u w pio" - 49, 49, "'
MOI uoue ~, II "'a, We 0Np' ~, ~,
. "ouiu uo' ne '"'e' % e'''' -. 49, -,
hearlY always i"''," ~ " ~ -'''.',' a''D''''
/ nave nov come '"u We ~ A. 80 80 w. -.
mo crop se'so" su Wv" wv '"' ,,s 'Un ~, -
was pioNeu j" ~, lou an '9V1' on '
not paeKeu paeN 10 '"' s'o'o'''
| Certainly it is dangerous 70 plai
| crops on land in TINS condition an