Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1915 — PLOW EARLY. [ARTICLE]

PLOW EARLY.

Three Acres Plowed in July Are Worth Five Acres l’iowed in September. We feed 50,000,000 bushels of good wheat to the Hessian Fly every year to say nothing of what it costs us to feed our chinch bugs and other pests, and liavo only ourselves to blame. There is only one subject in which all farmers ashee, and that is, high taxes. They j want pay for sheep killed by the neighbor's dogs. Why notvgsk pay for the wheat killed by the neighbor's Hessian tiles? Get together. Every neighborhood should have a Farmers’ Club, and appoint a Hessian Fly Committee. Cut ho wheat high, above the second! joint. Remove the grain irom tlio field and stack it somewhere else. The fly is now in the resting stage and the safest way and only sure plan is for every farmer to plow every acre deeply and thorouglily within two weeks after harvest, turning under the stubble completely and then dragging early. This will lix .Mr. Fly. Team work is necessary. Teach the school children to look for the fly, and report it at every stage. Appoint a captain in every school district, who should bo the best wheat grower in the neighborhood. This early complete plowing will not only reduce the fly, but will be a great benefit to next year’s crop. It does not let the field dry out after harvest, and gets it ready to hold all the moisture which is so badly need ed in most sections. It is stated that other things being equal, three acres plowed in July are worth live acres plowed in September.