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Show SYSTEM OF DRY FARM LANE) New Mexico Farmer Gives Two Excellent Excel-lent Method of Raising Corn, Maize and Kaffir. In answer to the question:. "What do you consider the best poor man's system for dry land farming?" J. A. Watson of Field, N. M., writes In Texas Stockman: For corn, or maize, and kaffir, break the land as early in the fall as opportunity offers, or circumstances circum-stances permit. Harrow thoroughly before the land gets dry. List with a two horse turning plow, leaving four to six inches in the water furrow unbroken that will give you more soil to plant in. When you plant run the unbroken streak out with a keen shovel plow on a Georgia stock and follow with the planter. As soon as the corn begins to come up, commence com-mence harrowing lengthwise and continue con-tinue as long as it will do any good. Tnen cultivate with a cultivator, stirring the ground about three inches deep, then harrow again and finish with flat sweeps. Another good system is to lay the rows out with a shovel plow ten by twelve inches, as deep as you caD plow. Plant with a two row press wheel planter. That will crush all the small clods and press the soil firmly on the corn and hold the moisture mois-ture until the corn germinates. When tha corn is well up, harrow both ways until the corn is ten inches high, then cultivate three inches deep with the cultivator. Then harrow again and finish with flat sweeps. I have farmed with the above system 25 years and have never failed to make feeii stuff for the farm stock, fatten five or six hogs, and have something to sell, wet or dry. I have farmed in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. i the above systems will make feed enough for the farm stock and some to sell In the driest years there is no doubt that the dry farming methods scientifically applied will make enough to supply the family also. It is far better and less expensive expen-sive to prepare and cultivate 20 acres properly and have something to sell, than it is to butcher 40 acres and not have enough to feed the farm stock. I |