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Article: Tools for secondary tillage. (seed-bed preparation)
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- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- November 1, 1998
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For as long as I can remember, I've enjoyed the sight, feel and smell of a mellow, healthy soil. Producing such a soil condition is the goal of secondary tillage. More specifically, secondary tillage takes the coarseness of soil subjected to deep, primary tillage and makes a smooth, weed-free seed-bed with soil particles fine enough to establish good contact with the soon-to-be-planted seed.
In this article, I will present some of the tools used in secondary tillage with a view to seed-bed preparation. There are plenty more tillage tools designed for cultivation (weed control) after the crop has been planted. Those will be presented in the next article in this ...