Show TILING DRY LAND METHOD BECOMING POPULAR IN ARID REGIONS Summer Fallowing Consists of DiskIng Disk-Ing and Harrowing In Early Spring Before Plowing Packing Subsurface Sub-surface to Retain Moisture The best method of summer fallowIng fallow-Ing consists In disking and harrowing In the early spring before plowing packing and subsui facing Immediately after plowing and following this by sulllclent surface cultivation to retain moisture and keep the weeds under control While this method ia not In general use It Is becoming moro popular popu-lar and has been practiced long enough to demonstrate its superior value Men who practice this method estimate that their yields of wheat lire about 25 per cent greater than thoso obtained by summer fallowing in tho ordinary way By adopting this method of summer fallowing it Is possible to retain sutllclcnt moisture throughout much of tho semiarid section sec-tion to germinate wheat at any time it may be sown in the fall This will make it possible to grow winter wheat over a largo area that now produces spring wheat When the tillage has been thorough and sufficient moisture has been retained re-tained to germinate the seed the grain is planted quite deeply When the seed germinates the young roots are then In contact with moist soil This enables the young plants to survive sur-vive until the fall rains come Better preparation of the soil for spring crops especially the use of Implements for Buttling and packing the bottom of the plow furrow would materially Increase the yield of all cereal crops when the land Is plowed In the spring before It Is sown If more Intensive methods of tillage aro to bo adopted either the size of the farms must be decreased or their equipment Increased Too many varieties of wheat are now produced The farmers as a wholo will secure better results by confining themselves to a few varieties of wheat Of the spring varieties the Little Club and the lied Chaff are best adapted to the humid sections and the Bluestem to arid and semiarid conditions The Early Wilbur is a new wheat but gives strong indications of considerable consider-able value In tho arid section because of Its earllnesB Of tho winter varieties the Turkey Red easily stands first for the arid and semiarid sections When the grains are hard and horny it is a very superior milling wheat On account of Its tendency to become starchy it may be necessary to occasionally ship In seed wheat from Kansas and Nebraska Ne-braska Tho Fortyfold variety Is adapted to the entire region It stands the winters win-ters admirably and Its earliness gives It nn advantage in both the dry and the humid sections It yields well and when grown under arid and semiarid semi-arid conditions It possesses very good milling qualities |