Farmers prepare the land for growing season

in growing vegetables under irrigation the land must be leveled to ensure the proper distribution of water during the growing season the land plane does an excellent job of smoothing the surface before starting Preparatory tillage operations which begin with plowing the multiple hydraulic plow affords a good example of the type of modern equipment necessary to large-scale production of quality vegetables the use of choice land and expensive specialized equipment puts the grower of vegetables in the competitive field of big business with all the unpredictable risk it involves in order to prepare a fine mellow seed bed several properly timed tilling operations are required this combined chisel and spiked tooth Harrow further conditions the soil not only is the top soil loosened and thoroughly tilled but the unders surface is broken up and aerated