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Show DRY FARMING IS ANALYZED Preposition at Boston Is Very Simple anJ Takes in Four Essential Features. Ihe dry farming proposition Is bottom very simple, says the Farm, Stock and Home. It takes account of four things: (let a Deep Water Keservolr. To get this, plow deep, or put a subsoil plow after tie stubble plow. Make a Firm Seed Hed.To secure this use some system of packing the soil, preferab'y the sub-surface packer. pack-er. This provides the Rraln wild the best opportunity for germination. Keep a Dust Mulch -This Is the cork that bottles up the water held In the reservoir, and that Is given to the plant through the medium of a well prepared seed bed. (let Plenty of Kaln - Dry farming enthusiasts frequently forget to mention men-tion this item, but It really Is lmHr-tant. lmHr-tant. Dry land produces nothing All thfl work done Implies water, (let water, or fall! This Is the dry farming gospel In a nutshell. The rest is amplification. There can be no hard and fast rules laid down because soils differ, and in order to meet the conditions above laid down, methods must differ locally. Which leads to the final remark that when a man Is betting his time and that of his family against a new country coun-try and limited rainfall he needs a whole lot of common sense, or an Inordinate In-ordinate amount of luck. |