Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1918 — Simple Test for Soil. [ARTICLE]

Simple Test for Soil.

A simple test to determine when garden soil is ready for plowing or working Is to take a handful of earth from the surface and close the Angers tightly on it If the earth compacted In this way is dry enough for cultivation It will fall apart when the hand is opened. This test Is applicable only to comparatively heavy soils, but It is these which receive the most injury if they are worked when wet.