. Dry land farming. Dry farming. [from old catalog]. CULTIVATION IN DRY AREAS 151 places to cut off such weeds as the Canada thistle below the surface, is somewhat heavy of draft. The alfalfa cultivator (see p. 317), as the name implies, is specially designed to cultivate alfalfa fields. The round curved and sharp pointed teeth are de- signed to dig into the soil with a view to loosening it for some distance below the surface. The depth to which they penetrate the soil can be adjusted, and it is wholly independent of the weight of the machine. A seeder at-. THE DEERE CLOD CRUSHER, LEVELLER AND
. Dry land farming. Dry farming. [from old catalog]. CULTIVATION IN DRY AREAS 151 places to cut off such weeds as the Canada thistle below the surface, is somewhat heavy of draft. The alfalfa cultivator (see p. 317), as the name implies, is specially designed to cultivate alfalfa fields. The round curved and sharp pointed teeth are de- signed to dig into the soil with a view to loosening it for some distance below the surface. The depth to which they penetrate the soil can be adjusted, and it is wholly independent of the weight of the machine. A seeder at-. THE DEERE CLOD CRUSHER, LEVELLER AND SMOOTHER. Courtesy Deere & Webber Co., Minneapolis, Minn. tachment for sowing alfalfa seed may be secured along with the cultivator, which makes it easily practicable to add to the stand of the plants. The alfalfa renovator or harrow (see p. 311) is a modification of the ordinary disc, in that it has strong steel spikes projecting from the discs. The Deere alfalfa harrow is of two sizes, 6 and 7 feet long respectively, and it has stationary scrapers to aid in keeping the im- plement free from clogging with trash when in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Shaw, Thomas, 1843- [from old catalog]. St. Paul, Minn. , The Pioneer company
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