Show SOME POINTERS ABOUT DRY FARMING one of the beat talks made at the dry farming congress was made bv george I 1 farrell of cache county this man is the pioneer dry farmer of utah having been engaged in this sort of work for 40 years last he grew 22 bushels of wheat he sun mer follow his land plows eight and nine inches deep aftel plowing he rolls the land to keep the sod down and the mo sture in shortly after this he d the land lengthwise following the d sc with a sharp harrow keel ing the face of the land level by lapping the implement then he discs and harrows the land crosswise if weeds start after this he again harrows the land up to the iatter part of august he then takes a leveler 14 to 16 feet long by 10 feet w de and runs over the land cross w se to the plowing so as to fill up all dead preparatory to sowing ane tall wheat he selects the best seed poss bl fin ling out slowly all trash and weed seeds on pound bof blue vitriol is mixed to six bushels of wheat by fist dissolving the vitriol in a barrel and d the wheat placed in sacks in the liquid about one minute and taking it out to drain so that the waste liquid will run back into the bar r 1 care is taken that 11 the wheat is ed in the vitriol H lets it stand about 24 hours before sowing he puta h s gram in v ith a good double disc dr 11 and sows between 30 and 40 pounds to the acre no more between sept land 30 if possible after the wheat is all sown he con finues to break up land as long as pos ible leaving it rough through the win ter for the frost and snows to fertilize it As soon as cry enough to work in the spring he puts the disc and harrow to work the same as with last spring s plowing but omits the rolling because the weighty of the kreip tation has sufficiently settled the land by this time the wheat sown the previous fall is abolt two inches high and should ie harrowed both ways with the haprov teeth turned backward about 30 degrees this will break the baked top soil with out pulling up and destroying the wheat but instead will pulverize the top soil and admit fresh air to the roots of the grain imparting fresh vigor to the wheat and forms a mulch on top to con serve the moisture which the sun will continue to bring up to the roots of the grain until its well matured HOW TO RAISE ALFALFA after harrowing the wheat put teams to work and harrowing the ground broken up the previous fall pre to sowing alfalfa seed bow as early in april as the ground will pre m t not more than 10 pounds of seed per acre and as soon as it is six or eight inches high if there are many weeds among the alfalfa put the mower to work cutting it down close to the ground which stops the weeds from going to seed and causes the alfalfa to make good strong roots which will help it bear a much better crop the next year the next spring as soon as the ground will work without clogging put your sharp harrows to work and run both ways then your brush leveler and run over it until all the clods are well pul vented which will give the alfalfa re dewed vigor and help conserve the mois tui e through the season |