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Show PLOWING ON DRY FARM Prepares Seedbed by Cleaning SOWING TWO POUNDS TO ACRE Practical Dry Farmer, Operating Near Lethbridge, Alberta, Has Surprising Alfalfa Stand. Land and Admitting Air. That alfalfa will grow prolific on seeding of only two pounds to the acre Is the opinion of L. A. Felger, a practical operating a very large Depth Depends In Part on Nature of acreage eight miles south of LethSoil Doubtful If Deep Work Inbridge, Alberta. Ths use of this surcreases Yield In Proportion prisingly small quantity of seed Is In marked contrast to the opinions of to tho Expense. many experts who have been making a study of alfalfa for many years. In minimizes plowing thorough Deep, that as to the quantity at seed supplementary cultivation and aug- to beopinions sown have varied from 13 to 20 ments the yield; poor, shallow plowpounds to the acre. cultivaing augments supplementary Mr. Felger has an excellent stand of If the tion and minimises the yield. 12 acres, which was seeded with only were soil the bet of stirring purposes four pounds to the acre In May, 1911, ter understood, less diversity of opin- on fall plowing that had been cropped ion as to how It should be done would exist. Plowing prepares the seedbed the year before. Hla plowing was dona to a depth of live and a half to by cleaning the land and admitting six Inches, and ha believes tbst if ha soil. Into the moisture and warmth air, had plowed deeper he would have reand certain This accelerates physical chemical changes which are conducive quired less seed. His seed bed was to plant growth. In dry farming the well prepared and ha used a admission of water Into the ' soil is cultivator four times, and harrowed early In the spring. He Inoculated tha paramount soil with soil from a neighboring alnot will slice Now a thinly plowed falfa field, and despite the fact that It hold as much watqr as a deeply was a severe winter he upted no loss ralfi of the much one. Hence, plowed through winter kilTlng. He expects f nk hiflfleM wlllyleld (wo and possibly can seek o before it lost Evaporation YuttlngT, turds but he plans to use a Its course downward Into the subsoil. of ths fields In raising seed. portion summer hot the Then, too, during To prove the success of hla theory months deeply plowed land In good of planting In rows and using only a tilth admits of by far less evaporation small quantity of seed to secure a from below than does that which Is Mr. Felger has sent to tha good stand, shallowly plowed. Add to this the of the InterLethbridge headquarters the afforded seed young bed excellent a national congress and plant; by deeply stirring the soil which on 22, May dug up sample little remains to be said In favor of shows a stand and a root sysshallow plowing. before It was cut tem Inches of $14 The depth to plow depends In part off with a knife, and It Is plainly Most soil. of nature the dry upon the shown that the root was still longer. farm soils, however, are uniform to I am going to seed only two pounds great depths and little fear need be to the acre next year, says Mr. Felentertained of throwing up lifeless, I find that four pounds makes Inert masses of subsoil. In those few ger. too thick a stand, and I am going to condition latter where the sections up all the holes of my drill except does obtain, cars should be exercised stop two and thus reduce ths amount ol by gradually Increasing the depth of seed used, and at the same time mix eight-incor the plowed area. Seven my seed with ground feed. I sowed plowing, If honestly done. Is deep some alfalfa where I used every hole plowing. It furnishes an ample reser- of the drill and It required IS pounds voir for the temporary storage of wa- to the acre. This stand was altogether ter; It forms a mulch deep enough to too thick and not as good In Its first It prevent evaporation from below; growth as the field of 12 acres which affords a seed bed adequate to the 1 sowed with only four pounds needs of the young plant. After deep plowing the soil should be given ample time to compact and SOIL IS NATURES RESERVOIR settle. The heavy soils tend to pack quickly. Special care must be given Rain Does Not Readily Penetrate Caked Surface Cultivation Preto sandy soils, since when deeply vents the plowed, they require considerable time and work to become firm. If the necessary preparation cannot be given (By C. IL BARNS. Minnesota Experiment Station.) them relatively shallow plowing Is adThe subsoil ie nature's storage resvisable. This holds especially true In ervoir for the moisture which, when the case of spring plowing. rains are far apart, shall maintain ths Very deep pldwlng and subsolllng vitality of vegetation. The larger the some as advocated by may slightly of the rainfall which can increase the yield, but it Is doubtful If proportion be made to find Its way to that reserthe Increase Is proportionate to the voir, In all lands sufficiently dry for added expense. The law of diminishCultivation, the greater the capacity ing' returns applies o farming as well of tkrfrowing eftp against drought. Such plowas to any other activity. The rain does not readily penetrate ing once in a series of years would a dry, caked surface soil, because the no doubt be profitable. It will be repores of such soils are already filled called here, too. that the deep and ex- with air, which condition makes It tensive root systems of most repel water like a dry sponge. This crops render a great service sir la so slowly expelled that considto that part of the soil beyond which erable rain may run off without matethe plowshare cannot reach. rially benefltting the crop: Plow when the land is moist. When Cultivation retards or entirely prethe fall Is favorable, it Is generally vents tha run off; very likely It may the the best time to plow. Leave enable the rain to penetrate to tha ground rough during the winter and subsoil, and thus It assists In the rework it down early In the spring with tention of moisture against an always the disk and harrow. Fall plowing possible day when the heavens shall puts the farmer ahead with his work, be as brass," and when, if nature's releases plant food, leaves the land In reservoir be empty, the growing crop shape to take water, and gives the soil must perish. time to settle. In areas where the wind blows conFARM NOTES. siderably. lifting both the snow and leave to the soil. It is good practice In some sections fanners ara recomthe stubble over the winter and to alslks with timothy. turn it In the spring. It should bs re- mending growing when properCommercial fertilizers, membered, however, that It Is always will ths Increase yield ol used, ly commore difficult to secure a Free To Our Subscribers. A OF MATTER BUSINESS Tho Beauty and Orderly Keeping of Ones Home Town Should Appeal to Every Resident. The cities of Europe. declares an consider civic beauty an absolute asset In cash. Paris, for example, Invariably bah an eye to the beautiful In whatever It does. Paris would never dare to lose its prestige as the most beautiful city In the world. That expert, would be bad business. "We ought to consider It a ruinous business policy for one of our cities not to protect Its beauty. Take the railroad problem In our cities. At present some railroads are beginning to brace up and do splendid things, but for a long time wherever we had a railroad In a city It was death and desperation so far as beauty was concerned. We ought to do the same In other Here each fellow has gone things. ahead for himself, without regard to others. A city ought to be a unity. Each cititzen should be allowed to dc what he pleases only in so far as h does not hurt the city as a whole. As soon as he does that he should bs topped. In conclusion he said: No one man Is competent to plan city. Such a task needs a comblna tlon of men. The problems of city planning today are not L'Enfants nor Sir Christopher Wrens. What we now have to face Is far more complicated. City planning should be undertaken by architects, landscapists, traffic experts, and the various types of engineers working together. All these men, before making plans for the rebuilding of cities, should give special study to the various difficulties of civic DATE PALMS IN CALIFORNIA Are Planting County Supervisors Them Along Roads and the Work Is Applauded. The board of supervisors of Los Angeles county have authorised the county forestry commission to purchase 500 date palms at a cost of a - dollar apiece to be planted along the San Fernando road. There is a great deal of work of this kind to be done in southern California. It was naturally a treeless section until the horticulturist came in and adorned It ,wlth millions of revenue-producin- g fruit trees. The highways are still neglected to a large extent, a thing that Bhould be remedied with all possible dispatch. Every line of country road should have its ornamental trees, and the main thoroughfares should be parked with grass plbts and parterres of flowers well cared for. We must not forget that this la the playground of the continent, and that tourists seeking enjoyment desire to have the sene of sight delighted above all things. I s Angeles Times. Never Need of Ugliness. No town is so small that it need be ugly. A little railroad whistling post could be attractive with trees. Some time the railroads of the west will send out their arbor specials as they send their good roads trains. There Is Hi tie excuse for the habitar lions of men along the track to be usually the single unlovely thing In the Kansas railroad journey. Have you noticed that where line trees form a park in the air the people below have holiday manners? The people under the trees seem to be enjoying life. They are not satisfied The accompaniwith slovenliness. ment of nice lawns and pretty, well kept houses und clean streets is a tribute to the example of the trees. Even o be lazy under srrhlng branches Is the atcest sort of laziness. When you loaf in the shaded streets of towns like Iwrenr.e and Manhattan you invite your soul. The good, pray poet" would have liked these Kansas towns. two-hors- TflS-GOUfTT- efJTSPISS Y By Special Arrangement with J the Utah State Buildipg & Loap ssociatiop of Salt Lake will furnish to all of Its subscribers who will pay up one years subscription in advance for the next sixty days one of these Home Banks to he used for saving up the dimes, nickles and billa ONE DOLLAR IN THE BANK IS WORTH TWO IN YOUR POCKET. Deposit one dollar with the dollar THE ENTERPRISE gives you in The Home Bank and you will marvel at how it will grow. The cut of a handsome nlckle home safe, as shown here, will take all sizes of coin and paper money and can be conveniently carried to the BANK FOR DEPOSIT e FREE To Our Saving Depositors Made to Help People Save. You can no more build a house without the first dollar than you can build a house without the first brick. fei to m the Children to Sava Every subscriber to the COUNTY ENTERPRISE who will pay one yesra subscription $1.75 In advance may end in the name of any child or their own name to whom we will deposit one dollar in tha Utah State Building ft Loan Association Bank of Salt Lake. This will start a savings account which will lead to a fortune. dry-farm- AS Teach Any Man or Woman who will take one of these Home Safes, make it an lit variable rule to drop Into ltsomie amount no matter how small, each day, will be astonished and delighted at the close of the year at how much has been accumulated without being missed. Dry-Farmi- h Run-Of- f. CUT THIS OUT. Control of Boll Moisture. When we speak of controlling the Hat City With Electricity. It is planned to electrically heat the soil moisture we always think of consummer dwelling and business houses of Stav- serving It, but when the early root deep we to let wet too le plants of hoard and the anger. Norway, of the electric light plant at need to let some of the moisture esthat place has asked permission from cape whenever the ground becomes the city council to make contracts up dry enough for a deep cultivation. In no thought :o a consumption of 100 house power, a wet season there need he moisture. the Ground, of conserving the it has been suggested that price made loose by a deep for the current thus used shall be nfter it has been water It er horse power (74 1 watts) per cultivation, will hold allandthewill be In to use can advantage year. It H also planned to heat the for later condition weather better dry government and city buildings in that nn than It would have been if left manner. The population of Stavan eer is 8.000, and the city has water solid tower facilities to furnish 25,000 Commercial Eggs. horse power for electrical purposes. We want mors commercial egg farms In this country, and there la Hypocrisy of Cities. Kiod money In the business if proper The hypocrisy of cII.im lies in tho ly conducted. The demand for fresh fact that their front yards are clean eggs la growing every day, and will and their buck yards are dirty. The continue to grow. To meet the presfront yards are spread over with emer- ent demand It would be necessary to ald gratis shaved smooth by a lawn Increase the egg produrtlnn of the mower, and are often attractive with country at least 100 per cent. flowers, rich markets for the bees. The back yards are slatternly with ash Follow Plow With Harrow. heaps and refuse and many of them Always follow the plow with ths are never cleaned up. The front yards harrow or barrow attachment. Bewith their pleasant grass und their fore leaving the field at noon nr st daffodils dnffodllllng and their cro- night, the ground should receive a cuses croaking, are a pretense. They thorough harrowing to prevent the pretend that the whoe r remises ara Sleeps of moisturesqually clean. Vancouver Sun. - crops. When rhubarb grows rank and spindling It needs thinning out and working over. When rape Is pastured down, It will often spring up again after being given a rest. Rotation of crops gives a distribution of labor as well as any other advantages. Millet will yield between three and four tons of hay per acre under favorable condltlona Seed selection Is the oldest and moat common method of attempting to improve our crops. As a general rule, tbs depth to plant should ba four times ths diameter of the seed. Cut the clover or alfalfa Just as' soon as the buds are well set at the crown for the next growth. Sweet clover seed hulled weighs about sixty pounds per bushel, and pounda thi uiihulled thirty-thre- e If good roads from the producer to the consumer were general, the beno-fit- s to both would be considerable. Land plaster gives results on new land by making the potash In the soli more available for the ura of plants. Make sowings once a week of such quick-raisinvegetables as lettuce and radishes, to Insure coutlnuous succession. It Is a good plan to shorten the tops of cabbage, cauliflower, onions and similar plants when they are transplanted. lu rutting eyes from potatoes leave enough of tho potato on them to furnish subst&ncs until they can draw It from the earth. COUNTY ENTERPRISE designate. W. 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Midvale Switch. MIDVALE. Utah. MIDVALE, Co., U. 9 a.m. to 6 o. m I. Address, Office Hours: Waller W. typg FLORIST Health of Chicks. Much of the health of the chicks depend on the yard In which they are kept. Chicks are very susceptible to surroundings at this stage, easily con trading dangerous diseases from what appear to be trivial causes. D. S. P. O. Box 177, Childs Name dry-farm- good pact seed bed for spring sowing on land that Is plowed In the spring than on that which Is plowed In the fall. In fact, many a failure has been due to planting seed on loose spring-plowe- d land. Where the ground Is to he fallowed during the following summer, there Is but little preference between spring and fall plowing, especially If the fall is dry. In dry and heavy soils the disk plow than the may be more serviceable moldboard; hut the latter has a more general use and does most satisfactory work. mall to the And This coupon accompanied by $ 1,75 will entitle the Sender to One Year's Subscription to the ENTERPRISE and a deposit of ONE DOLLAR In the Savings Department of the UTAH STATE BUILDINQ ft LOAN ASSOCIATION to the name of such person as be may H. DENTiST n Brown |