| They were disking and ploughing and sowing, generally driving six horses abreast. |
| The disking has also tended to stimulate growth in the crop the following year. |
| In doing it, disk harrows are driven over the field, usually two ways, the second disking being done at right angles to the first. |
| The disking is usually done in the spring and while the frost is out for only a short distance below the surface. |
| This land would take a good deal of disking to get it into shape. |
| In some instances the disking and sowing are both done by the same implement, which is driven both ways across the field. |
