Show SUMMERFALLOWING IS OLD Began Fifteen Years Ago and Took Place of Fall and Spring PlowIng Plow-Ing Many Advantages Summerfallowing began In 1895 1896 taking the plnco of full and sprIng plowing Harrowing and summer sum-mer cultivation replaced dry cloddy ground and prolific weed growth so that the good prices of tho later part of 1896 stimulated tho effort for 1897 and this brought fortuno to every man who had stayed with tho land Since that period the progress of ho farmer rancher and orchardist has been real substantial and last DR writes II L Moody of Spokane In have an exchange Other farmers learned that better plowing and con stant cultivating will glvo results also hat to get these they must do earnest earn-est work on tho land It required a quarter of a century of pluck and toll and struggle against heavy odds but this victory has been won and the greatest progress ever known has taken place In the Inland empire durIng dur-Ing the last 22 years A land that for CO years was the battleground of the trader trapper stockman and desultory farmer has banished them all and taken unto Itself a population of scientific farmers agriculturists and horticulturists Where ho formerly only disked the land or plowed once tho modern farmer now discs It once or twice and plows It In addition where ho harrowed once or twice he now harrows from five to ten times and by so doing ho has made not two blades grow whoro none or only one grow before but two million times two woThirty Thirty years ago this country was sparsely settled and probably grow 10000 bushels of grain while of fruit It contributed practically nothing Statistics compiled by tho Spokane chamber of commerce for 1908 show a grand total of moro than 100000 000 of which 36160000 was In wheat U4000000 In apples and other oth-er fruits 14000000 In dairy products prod-ucts 15000000 In live stock and 14000000 In other farm products Including In-cluding oats barley hay and hops |