HARROWING CROPS.
The harrowing of the wheat crop when it is about six inches high is coming more into favour. Harrows certainly drag a few plants out, but when the stand is not already too thin, no damage results as the increased vigour of the crop, and the better stooiing induced, .lore than make up for any disadvantage in years when heavy winter rams have fallen, and on heavy land which is inclined to set hard (advises the New South Wales Department of Agriculture), harrowing in early spring is very beneficial. Harrowing breaks this surface crust and also destroys many weeds. It is also of great advantage even in normal years, on all classes of soil in the drier parts of the State, as it helps to conserve moisture by producing a surface mulch. On heavy land, harrowing should be completed early in spring, otherwise the land is inclined to become so hard that the hi-ows will hardly mark the surface. tolling is sometimes done when the crop is 6ia or Sin. high if it is, inteiidfjd to be cut for hay or silage. This jjs 0017 don© to Isvd the surf&co*
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19781, 31 October 1927, Page 15
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