Show STORAGE OF WATER IN SOIL one of reasons for greater of dry fallow as a well an ai proven alon by Evail evaporation oration to BOO tons of water are needed to produce a ton of dry mat ter which hakea tho the importance of water storage in our soil evident pastures are not only hard and nonabsorbent but th belr crops rapidly use the water in the soil before it pone to any depth and this Is one of the reasons for tho the greater success of 0 the dry fallow OB as well as the proven tion of by the dust mutch mulch A quarter or halt half an inch of rain will greatly refresh a growing crop but they have little it if any effect on tho the fallow as aa sun rapidly draws put ut the mol moisture for this agency is eon constant stant during the sunshine hours returning the water that has baa run to the sea fc en or fallen on land to the clouds from rom whence it falls again on oa the plain and mountain with a good tallow fallow the depth to which moisture Is stored is increased by every good rain and at tho the north platte station elation water has been is torel to a depth of 16 15 feet in wet 4 to 6 in dry ones once from a 15 inch rala rain fall 7 inches have been preserved from a 10 inch about 6 inches can be retained in the first 6 or 6 feet a season of summer tillage does not succeed in wetting the land more than a afoot foot it very little insurance against drought soils should bo be wet to the depth attained by plant roots and lower if possible storage of from 6 to 7 inches ot of water represents to tons per acre thirty bushels of wheat weigh 1800 pounds so BO that la Is enough wa ter for the grain and a fair surplus for the ethaw on summer tallow fallow lands from 1808 1900 to 1910 46 bushels of wheat was grown the 1910 crop being ofil only 3 30 bushels whilst the 1911 crop was only 13 bushels due to rain f fall 11 that made it impossible to store stora water ter |