. Dry-farming; . Fig. 77. Disk plow. that after the first crop has been harvested, the stubble land can be best handled with the moldboard plow. All this, however, is yet to be subjected to further tests. (See Fig. 77.) While subsoiling results in a better storage reser- voir for water and consequently makes dry-farming more secure, yet the high cost of the practice will probably never make it popular. Subsoiling is ac- complished in two ways: either by an ordinary mold- board plow which follows the plow in the plow fur- row and thus turns the soil to a greater depth, or by some form of the or
. Dry-farming; . Fig. 77. Disk plow. that after the first crop has been harvested, the stubble land can be best handled with the moldboard plow. All this, however, is yet to be subjected to further tests. (See Fig. 77.) While subsoiling results in a better storage reser- voir for water and consequently makes dry-farming more secure, yet the high cost of the practice will probably never make it popular. Subsoiling is ac- complished in two ways: either by an ordinary mold- board plow which follows the plow in the plow fur- row and thus turns the soil to a greater depth, or by some form of the ordinary subsoil plow. In general,
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