Show UTILIZE A SMALL ACREAGE Method of Doing It to Furnish Continuous Contin-uous Employment and Provide Profitable Returns 1 have planted for a development company model tracts or demonstration demonstra-tion firms to show what can be grown and how best to grow It I also carryon carry-on n line of experiment and demonstration demon-stration work on my own farm says a writer in Spokane Review Re-view On all these the plan has been to utilize a small acreage in such away a-way as to furnish continuous employment employ-ment for a man and provide profitable returns on the investment First Manure intelligently applied Increases the productive capacity of the soil in this country makes It easier to cultivate prevents washing on the hillsides and causes it tp absorb ab-sorb and hold moisture SecondThorough and continuous cultivation will conserve moisture so that fruit and vegetables may be ma turcd to perfection even In the driest season Third Corn of early inaturlngHarl cties can be profitably grown on the hill lands between Spokane and the Snake river both for fodder and grain We grew as high as SO bushels bush-els per acre last year and It was avery a-very unfavorable year for corn Samples Sam-ples of corn cut and weighed ou September Sep-tember 1 1908 would yield Hi tons per acre of corn silage of firstclass quality enough to feed four cows for 200 days Fourth With proper cultivation good crops of vegetables can he grown between the rows of young trees without damage to the trees trthA good stand of alfalfa clover clo-ver and grasses can be secured even In a dry year if the ground is well prepared the seeding done right and no nurse crop used Sixth By seeding moist cool places like north hillsides or draws with clovers and mixed grasses good pastures pas-tures can be secured that will furnish excellent feed all summer if not overstocked over-stocked Seventh Peas and oats In cotnblna lion will produce four to six tons ol excellent hay per acre very nearly equal to alfalfa for dairy cows If fed down by hogs they will make 700 to I SOO pounds of pork per acre |