Farming Problems

I can see now that Mike and I did not make the best use of the farm land. We were still using the old sidehill plow for one thing. It turned the soil down the hill at every furrow and of course after a few times much of the soil was at the bottom of the field. In some places the soil at the lower end of the field would be just as high as the fence alongside it. But this was the old way, and it was the only plow we had. I realize now that I knew very little about farm management or maintenance. But the farm was already worn out and full of stones, and in most places in the dry seasons, it could not hold enough moisture to grow anything.