Show great opportunities in wolf hole valley hundreds of cattle and sheep are ding in this wonderful valley bo cause of no feed due mostly to an over stocking of the range while thousands of acres of the most excellent soil for dry farming purposes is idle unclaimed awaiting the human hand to assist mother earth to produce forage and grain to save these valuable animals lives you readers of the washington county news who have not made ue of your acre right what do you intend do about ita do you intend to procrastinate the time of such one time in a lifetime life time op port unities and then bit back and pay 1 I had the first chance at that valley but did not take it people right now from distant countries are laughing at you for sleeping on your birth right people from mexico have located in one end of the valley while others from canada leave taken advantage of the beckoning opportunities in the other success is theirs because they have the right kind of courage the right kind of will power the right method of looking in the future and they have shown sound judgment by locating in a district where climatic conditions cooperate with such an excellent soil as wolf hole valley offers trev have hitched their wagon to the star of success their move is in the right direction they will grow crops that will save the lives of many sheep and cattle that would die from starvation AS well as answer the call of humanity for more food success is theirs because they will it so they are determined ter mined to accomplish that which they started out to do again I 1 ask what are your intentions tent ions I 1 can see some of you laughing to yourselves and saving dry farming will not work and point to examples where people have expected something for almost no thing to people who have followed haphazard methods riving very little forethought and much less elbow grease dry farming has come to stay re gird less of what the pessimist or selfish person has to say against it people on all sides of you are ma king a success in accordance with usi that amount of brain power and physical energy they mix with the aoi 1 when I 1 ride through a dry farm ing bention and see men and wo men plowing 4 to 8 inches deep in soil that is lacking in fertility and ask them what kind of crops they intend to grow my sympathy goes out for them when I 1 learn that that very crop is the one they should nut plant in that particular soil because such spells failure then nord goes out that s and so could not grow wheat or potatoes and you say 1 I told you I 1 say study the soil and study the nature of the crop you intend to plant for example some of my own experience I 1 had 29 acres of ground planted with sugar beets fhe soil wis ill of the same nature ind was given the same attention with exception that I 1 4 acres the beets grew excellent in the start and ro neighbors remark ed what a perfect stand I 1 cultivated while expert japs did the thin aig uig and weeding I 1 cultivated and cultivated again and agam but the beets in the 25 aclei refused to grow larger than 3 ur 4 inches across the lop of the root hile tho beets in the 4 con linued to grow to 0 and 8 inches and some larger across the top of the root with length in proportion the beets when gathered from the 25 acres went a fraction over 7 tons to the acre while the beets in the 4 acres went a fraction over 11 tons to the acie so I 1 learned that feeding plants is the same thing as feeding the returns are in ic corrance cor dance with the quality quantity and method of feeding in both cases come to wolf hole valley ind grow field the moat excellent forage crop in the world for the dry farmer of this section they take from the air and place in the soil just the ver element th it the 25 acres of beet ground wis lacking the peas aie a most excellent fat bening feed while the vines are next to alfalfa as forage for sheep and cattle after growing peas a few years a person can grow any thing th it is possible in the grain and forage line on the dry firm supply youre elvee bulletin from the cepl of agriculture at washington D 0 on the canadian field n copy of dr book on dry fanning and a copy of a little book on how to make the farm pay the desert news book store salt lake city have the books then grow the crops that benefit soil and those which are best for sheep and cattle germanas germanys Germ anys strength ia in her determination to do things right to a finish 1000 bushels of potatoes and 30 to 40 tons of sugar beets to the acre are not uncommon but remember she always has in mind the old true adage plow deep while the other man sleeps and you shall have corn to sell and keep because they plow from 18 to 22 inches deep and supply the soil in different ways with that something which the 25 acres of sugar beet ground was lacking you know that electricity Is tak en from the air and used as power and light to bless humanity you know the us that liquid air is filling but the dry farmers and people in general do not know the power of the little field pea to take from the air and store in the soil the very element that most plant life feeds on get a bulletin and learn the wonders of the field pea my homestead right has been used in another part of the state or I 1 would certainly locate in wolf hole valley my occupation is that of a wool grower I 1 cw sea the ano continuation of this hobt needful industry through the dry farmer I 1 have had experience as a farmer and dry firmer therefore I 1 know in part what can be done in this line by cooperation etith the stockman and wool grower the water question is the one important thine with the dry farmer but that can be solved in many wave make holes in the earth or reservoirs cellar fashion make cement tanks below the surface of the earth fill them with snow build water sheds with a slope and drain trough to run ohp rain and enow water in your reservoir tank or cistern place roofing on all buildings with a drain trough to run every drop of water in some place for storage come to wolf hole and hurricane calleva before others from distant lands come and accept the golden opportunities these rich valleys offer you come and grow the can adain field pea sin louis valley field pea so beans beans of all kinds and kotlier plants that have the wonderful power of liking from the air the elements that enrich the soil and make it pol bleto save the shepp and cattle that are starving to death for the want of grain and forage that can be grown here D WILTON WOODARD mar 5 1918 |