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This series of photos shows a deep-tillage device called a V-rlpper as it bute to compaction. Also cat ippet. jp tn t
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ment packed the soil, Inherently full of rocks and clay, which help contri-
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back, way back, to a time before
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IS inches deep, to be exact. The
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The photos here depict the “V
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