Translations:Benutzer:Arian/Klett-Mini-Test/849/en

The mulch working supports the summer process of humus building by providing the soil animal world with suitable living conditions in spite of the intense solar radiation, the warmth, and the prevailing dryness. The stubble breaking after the grain harvest, and the activity of earthworms, may serve to illustrate this. Once the straw has been cleared, the stubble must be broken without delay. In the times before combine harvesting came on the scene (1950s–60s), grain was harvested at the yellow-ripe stage in sheaves, set up in stooks to finish ripening and drying, stored in the barn, and as a rule threshed in winter. The advantages of this harvesting method were as follows: