Show SCIENTIFIC CULTURE Dry Farmer Does Not Raise Crops Without Water Great Difficulty with Which Agriculturist Agri-culturist In SemiArid Regions Has to Contend Is Lack of Moisture Moist-ure When Needed 1 While the term dry farming has taken roqt so firmly that It seems improbable Im-probable that any other name will over be applied farming the lands I ot the semiarid region without irrigation irriga-tion yct It Is n term to which Mr II D Campbell the father of dry arming strenuously objects It means nothing says lie It stands for nothing but farming In n dry country coun-try nnd trusting to Providence for results From this it must not be Inferred erred that Mr Campbell puts little rust In Providence Dut he does belIeve be-lIeve that faith without work Is a poor crop producer Not only does he believe In work but that work must bo Intelligent It must be performed at the right time In tho right way with a full understanding of the rea sons for every step Hence ho prefers I tll call it scientific soil culture I The dry farmer so called does not farm without water as some have expressed It If he Is a follower of he Campbell system he uses as much water as any farmer In humid regions or even In irrigation districts He i differs from the haphnzard plains farmer from the Irrigation farmer and from the farmer In regions In which the rainfall Is abundant simply In he particular that he has learned how to mule use of water He has learned a lesson that all other farmers ought to learn If the Irrigation farmer I would learn It he would save the half i or threefourths of his expense for water wa-ter and the reservoirs now constructed construct-ed would suffice for two or three times as much land as at present If the farmer In humid regions would learn It his crops would bo Insured against drought which sometimes comes even In the most favorable places and In I normal seasons hid harvest would be I imcli greater Tho principles of scion Iflc soil culture are universal Throughout the semiarid region they mist bo applied or failure Is InevItable table In other regions they may be neglected and a certain measure of success yet be attained but If they were applied everywhere the rewards II of the farmer would be far greater The great difficulty with which the farmer in the semiarid region has to contend Is the lack of moisture at the time his crops need it The rainfall oven though it lu but ten or twelve InchesIs sufficient if It would come at the right time Sometimes It does and then the farmer who follows the traditional methods of humid regions I rejoices in good crops More often It does not with the consequence of crops ranging anywhere from fairly good to total failures depending upon just how untimely the rains fall Under such conditions farming Is a hazardous speculation and the usual fate of speculators is ruin It Is the claim of the exponents of scientific soil culture that the element of risk can be almost entirely removed that no matter at what time Uio rains i come their moisture cnn be stored In tho soil where it will be available for plant growth whenever needed BO that prolonged drought need never cause disaster |