Show old soldier tortured for far years I 1 suffered tin torture from indigestion constipation and liver trouble rote A E K smith a war veteran at erie pa but dr kings new lite life plus pills fixed me all right simply greats great try them for any stomach liver or kidney trouble only at wynn L eddys of potash a reil reasonable amount of phosphates a limited amount or of ites abundance ot of lime but a great deficiency fici ency in organic matter commonly known as humus hero here are arc the essen esgen wo we need in these soils they constitute tho the soil boil barometer since the lessened amount of any one ot of these will most seriously affect general crop culture humus not only increases ses the water holding capacity of tho the soil but it also carries an appreciable 1 amount of nitrates hence we need early in our cropping to get humus la in tho the soil feed the soil constantly that it may in turn feed our crops how may we do this by growing crops that tend to store what little humus we have with nitrogen while it increases the humus content of the soil these are legume crops alfalfa beans peas alcose red clover an and if detches vetches constitute tho the legume family group which havo have proven profitable for us to grow in the west choose to one that is best adapted to your farm environment and you feel will grow you the most dollars giro it a permanent place crops these plants seem to have the peculiar property pt utilizing shefree the free nitrogen orthe air andtius and thus store nitrates I 1 in the soil and accumulate humus the oner one thing mir soils seem most to need how is this done through a most peculiar little family of lower organisms known as bacteria which grow on the root hairs and tiny rootlets rootless root lets of tile the root system of these legume plants th this 1 a creates creates as ae it were a fever in fit that particular part of the plant c calling all for more nir air and more water in a chemical process not easly understood the tree nitrogen obtainer obtain obtained eh fro from n ille the surrounding air is worked into nitrates available tto succeeding plant life prential Pren nial legumes le gantes are always deep feeders bringing a part of the their i 1 r mineral food from soil depths bel below ow the feeding ground of ordinary crops this value to succeeding crops is is shown in the opening paragraph vi V coburne Co burns alfalfa there are some silent sub boilers that do their work with ease case and in way more effectually fl than any team or plow ever hitched bit ched the clover plant is ou PUI ar famed as one of these but alfalfa Is its superior its roots work borr sunday as well as saturday night and day they strike 5 10 15 or 20 feet deep making innumerable herfor ati actions while storing up nitrogen and when these roots decay they leave not only a generous supply of fertility for any desired crop but millions or of openings into which the airs and rains of heaven find their way and help to 0 constitute an unfailing reservoir of i wealth upon which the li husbandman n can draw with little fear of protest or overdrafts PuS map some years ago at the wyoming F experiment station made a test snowing allowing the gain on alfalfa ground for small grain end and potatoes potato ea over the same type of soil where a alfalfa was not grown ilia his results obtained are here ghea crop grain in gain in acre val bu per aero acre of harvested crop croil local prices wheat 12 1000 oa oats ts at 4 1600 potatoes 29 1600 therefore get the land into a legume legnine of 0 some kind find alfalfa vetch or fled field pea as soon as you can that it may be better prepared for successful and profitable after crops in case the farmer is in doubt just what crop to put in he will make mak no mistake to seed down to alfalfa while he be is planning out tho crop rotation that his environment would seem to indicate beat for him to adopt rotation destroys weeds J the elimination of weeds is effectually accomplished by the introduction of cultivated crops like potatoes stock roots sugar beets field beans and truck gardening crops the irrigation ditch is even a greater carrier of weeds than the winds where an entire irrigation district adopts the practice of crop rotation and cutti cutting nj ditch sad ad canal bank weeds they can be and are exterminated most of our worst yi weed ced pees are am annual and when all users of a given ditch practice a good crop rotation the weed question is solved Get Station bulletins Bul letinE De because cause weed and insect pests a as 9 well as fungus diseases are fully discussed in station bulletins which can be had by addressing the director of your state experiment station I 1 shall pass up any discussion of them rotation fundamentals let us now consider the fundamentals which we should concern ourselves with in adopting a rotation tor for our irrigated lands where we cannot atford afford ate afe to grow many cheap forage farag ge e or grass cro crops ps unless upon said farm we can convert these crops into more remunerative munera tive meat dairy or poultry products 1 AU ali plants tend to exhaust the soil they abstract at some one on or more food elements to the full amount of availability 2 all plants 10 lo io not exhaust the soil so 1 l in tho the same way and mariner manner equally equa ly 3 plants grown constantly or continuously on the same field favor the spread of 0 insect firsts pests and certain elal plant diseases 4 some plants by methods of 0 tillage are favorable to weed growth while others are not 5 5 plants differ in habits of root growth G all legumes ar are soil builders and soil reno renovators renova gators tors 7 some form of stock raising combined with corp growing will furnish manure tor for making humus and building up the soil the old english adage no grass no cattle no cattle no manure no manure no grass is true everywhere rotation on irrigated lands every rotation on we the irrigated lands in this region should contain at least one money or cash crop 2nd and sit it least one cultivated crop 3rd ard at least one legume crop ath at least one live stock or feeding crop ath these should be so grouped as to economically distribute farm labor throughout the year ath so arrange the rotation that can tur cheap and bulky feeds into milk poultry or meat meat products ath thus make factory methods on the farm arm turn ordinary waste products into profits the neat meat packer so BO utilizes the calf lamb iamb and pig pie that now there is noth I 1 ink ing lost but the blat and the th e squeal i the adoption of a definite crop rota i tion and tho the practice of factory meth OIB on the farm fana will stop atop the leaha leafa which now reduces the profits and tro tre improve the quality while it increases the quantity ot of the output ot of every farm in fit this district 1 I know an irrigated farm in the whore where the suggested methods named above are followed and the returns for the period of their crop rotation of six years which I 1 checked up last year averaged gross gros grossher sper per acre crop per season do not be satisfied until you feel you have worked out a crop rotation adopted to your soil climate and market environment and that rotation Is averaging you a gross robs return of 50 per acre crop per season conclusion therefore in closing permit perm it me to say study your farm soil and make mahe your our crop rotation improve rather than impoverish your land then you can never be accused of oe being a soil rubber and leave behind you a depleted we must get our bread and butter for today but we should always have an eye on tomorrows supply nature lature has been prodigal with us storing ug up tor for centuries the very cry elements our roris crops can utilize best we e are the stewards of this heritage so we should use rise but not abuse our ingeri tance yea wo we should do more we should pass the farm on to our posterity improved in clery aery way so the next generation can truthfully say ot of this ono one the farms are better for their having lived on them this mixing brains with tile the soil enriches the farm makes country homes hoines inviting and farm lile life attractive healthful and remunerative |