Modern strawberry growing . > l-H 8. -J O Q .^ K < 3 a! « O M & -I H S G 1 MANURING AND FITTING 15 A plough that has a rather long point with awell turned moldboard. In my experiencea good one is the Syracuse Landslide are also many other ploughs that willdo as good a job. HARROWING When the spring opens and the soil is fitto work, if the land has been fall ploughed,harrowing can start. This consists of drag-ging a pulverizing tool back and forth acrossthe field. The disk harrows are the besttools for this purpose, and by using these,lapping one half each time, the soil can
Modern strawberry growing . > l-H 8. -J O Q .^ K < 3 a! « O M & -I H S G 1 MANURING AND FITTING 15 A plough that has a rather long point with awell turned moldboard. In my experiencea good one is the Syracuse Landslide are also many other ploughs that willdo as good a job. HARROWING When the spring opens and the soil is fitto work, if the land has been fall ploughed,harrowing can start. This consists of drag-ging a pulverizing tool back and forth acrossthe field. The disk harrows are the besttools for this purpose, and by using these,lapping one half each time, the soil can beput in very good condition for the finerharrow. If the soil is inclined to be lumpyor contains much clay or coarse fibre, it isoftentimes advisable to cross lap disk, thusbreaking up these particles and leaving thefield in finer tilth. Immediately after disking, use the commonspike tooth harrow or spring tooth, setshallow. This tool not only fines the earthmore than the disk, but has a tendency tokeep the land level. It is advis
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