The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-02-16
SUMMER TILLACE POLICY
DISCUSSED In DETAIL
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. the middle of June. Timely plowir
to put the soil in the best conditic
to take up rainfall before the norm
wet period is highly desirable. Lat
) blowing and turning under a heav
, weed growth is a wasteful practic
SO far as moisture is concerned.
: How Deep Should Land Be Plowe
In Preparation for Summer Tillage
( In average soil, from five to seve
inches, while if the soil is light, fou
to six inches is sufficient. If deepe
blowing than normal is deemed desir
able, it should be done when plowin,
for summer fallow. The best tim,
to apply barnyard manure is jus
before blowing land that is to be sum
mer titled.
After the Plow?
If blowing is done in the fall the
land should be left rough until spring
as the rough surface will hold more
snow and there is less danger of
blowing. If plowed in the spring and
the land is moist, narrowing is al
visable as this will prevent baking
and the formation of large lum5s.
If the soil pulverizes readily and is
in good filth as it is plowed, packing
Immediately is unnecessary as the
rains and subsequent work during the
season will firm the seed bed /suffi-
GENTLY. Packing is recommended m
ly after delayed spring ploying or
where the plowed layer for %atyreason
does not make satisfactory contact
with the subsurface.
Care of Summer Titled Land After
Flowing.
a.. How many CIVILIZATIONS should
be given during the summer? Guilt
walton is done for two main purpo-
ses, first, to maintain a surface con-
dition which is conducive to the most
effective absorption iof the rainfall;
second, to prevent bsses of moisture
from the soil through weed growth
and surface evaporation. Cultivate
the fallow sufficiently to kill all weeds
More cultivation may be required to
control weeds on summer titled land
which was fall plowed than on spring
blowing because weeds often blow
about the fields during the winter,
thus scattering seed over the newly
surface. Because of the
moisture and temperature conditions
weed seeds terminate NOSE readily
in June and early July. The best
time to kill weeds is when they are
coming through the ground.
Clean ground needs little additional
except to fill deep cracks
in the surface or brake up a hard
crust. Cultivation after all weeds
have been eliminated, except as noted
will only serve to cause a
greater loss of moisture. Practice
cultivation which will kill the
weeds before they do much damage.
Maintain a cloddy or granular mulch
What are the Best Machines for
Summer Tillage?
Use implements that will kill weeds
maintain a mulch. The spike
Doth harrow is satisfactory on clean
where there is no drifting
md before weeds become large. The
to the spike-tooth harrow
nd disc, the two implements most
-sed in the cultivation of plowed
and are, first, that they have a pull
erizing effect which destroys rather
han maintains the clod mulch; and
they are not efficient in the
and control of weeds.
Implements which will kill weeds and
t the same time sift the clods and
lbbish to the surface allowing the
ner soil to settle into a firm seed
ed such as the duck-foot, rod weeder
nife weeder, spring-tooth harrow
nd various home made types are
commended for average conditions.
he type of implement to be used
ary with the soil.
of Summer Titled Land
or Winter.
LEAVE Cllc sui IOQSu anu IiSlQ
,er winter to hold snow and lessen
A few deep burrows at
ght angles to the prevailing winds,
aced at intervals through the field
ii usually control soil blowing on
nds subject to this trouble.
Preparation Should be Given
Immer Titled Land in the Spring
to Sowing Spring Grain?
Where weeds have started, Guilt
ton with a weed-killing implement
CHI as a disc, spring tooth harrow
duck-foot weeder as early as pos
lie, followed by a narrowing are
This will make it possible 1
seed on a clean seed bed and get
grain started ahead of the weeds.
eding should Immediately follow
tivation.
Time of Seeding Grain Crops
Winter Wheat. AS a result of