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Show LESSONS FROM DRY-FARMINQ Farmers In Humid Regions of East Can Gain Suggestions Regarding Conservation of Moisture. From tbe dry-farming methods which are so ncccsasry to success throughout the west, farmers in tho moro humid districts of tho east can often gain valuablo suggestions with regard to tho proper conservation ot moisture One lesson which may be learned is In referenco to tho treatment treat-ment of tho email grains. Tbo eastern east-ern fnrmcr usually considers wheat, oats and barloy as crops which cannot bo cultivated. Consequently no attention atten-tion is patd to them from tho tlmo they are sown until they are ready to harvest. Not so with tho up-to-date farmer. He cultivates his grain flolds after every rain from the tlmo thoy aro well started In the spring until un-til they are too high to allow of further furth-er cultivation, says tho Country Gentleman. Gen-tleman. Tho spike-tooth harrow Is used for tho earlier workings; as tho grain grows larger tho wcedor Is substituted. sub-stituted. Dy means of the latter Implement Im-plement grain may bo cultivated almost al-most up to the tlmo when It begins to bead. Tho advantages of this cultivation are two-fold. In tho first placo It servos to break tho crust which is so likely to form after tho spring rains, and To closo tho cracks which tho frost has made In tho winter grnln , fields. This lessens tho evaporation of moisture, which is most rapid from crusted or cracked soil, and conserves It until It Is most needed by tho growing grow-ing crop. Tho ndvantago of this pro-caution pro-caution Is most apparent In the somi-arid somi-arid districts, but In dry seasons it is noticeablo everywhere. In tho east rolling winter wheat nB Boon as It Is safe to go on tho ground In tho spring is perhaps to bo preferred pre-ferred to harrowing. If clover is planted with tho wheat it should bo sown before tho rolling is done. Tbo rolling covers the clovor seed and also firms tho soil about tho roots ot tho whoat plants whero It has been loosened by heaving. Tho other effect ot cultivation Is lu tho keeping down ot weeds, and for this purposo it Is Just as useful and Just as necessary In tho east as In tho west. Small weeds aro very easily killed with tho harrow or wceder, and If tho work is properly dono tho grain will not bo Injured. Thrco precautions aro ncccsasry In handling small grain. Drilled grain only should bo harrowed, for cultivation cultiva-tion dottroys a portion of tho stand of that which has been sown broadcast broad-cast and so lessens tho yield. For tho samo reason tho harrowing should bo dono in tho direction of tbo drill rows rnthcr than across tbem. Fields on which grass or clover seed has been sown should not bo harrowed, for the young plants aro as easily killed by this treatment as nro the weeds. Nono of theso precautions need bo observed If tho roller Is used on winter grain, but tho roller 1b ot little or no uso In killing weeds. In tho east, except In tho drlost seasons, It will not usually bo profitable to harrow grain fields moro than once. Another lesson which may bo learned learn-ed from tho dry-farmer is tho disking of land which la to bo plowed later In order to keep tho soil from baking until un-til tho plowing can bo complotod. This practice wna begun in tho west on grain stubblo irtcr harvest In order or-der to bold whatever molsturo was in tho soil, for usually llttlo rain falls after that time. Slnco tho disking can bo dono much moro rapldlythan tho plowing, thoro Is less chancofor evaporation, evap-oration, and the land' then remains for Bomo tlmo In good condition for plowing. In addition to remaining In condition condi-tion to plow for a much longer period, land which has boon disked Is much less Inclined to break up In clods nnd lumps than undlsked soil, and hence Is more easily put In condition for planting. Tho looso earth which is thrown to tho bottom of the furrow unites much moro readily with tho furrow sllco, nnd no larger air spaces aro left. |