| Show result ON DRY LAND farmer on an pon mon land mad made good last year with less than twenty inches of rafn the dry fannone congress held bold at cheyenne wyo demonstrated beyond the question at ot a doubt that some fo rizieri the anon non irrigated land a ot at tho the west with wilf iless 1033 than twenty inches of rainfall aae cade good in 2908 our hardest crop year for more than a IL decade tho farmes farm es explained their growing crops and had an exhibit of at 1908 crops which was an un answerable argument of the truth of their assertions Theor theorists isla might theorize and tell how 11 should be clone done but these farmer farmers delivered th tho kooda goods and told the hundreds ot of vist visitors juet just bow how they succeeded a roost most helpful feature for every new battler settler of at the vrest west irom the addressee addresses given and dia dis us slona heard prof W N olin of tho the colorado agricultural college gleaned the following ae tia fundamentals fundament ala which every new now settlor should teallie as eastin ital and all important birst choose a eoll soil adapted to farming with a clay subsoil euba oll shun a sandy subsoil since it tend to leach moisture and makes it difficult to maintain a moll oil reservoir where by capillary action mois moisture turo reache the plant aa it baa has need A sandy aur our face soil needs different treatment than A clayey or clay loam surface eoll soil hence do cot not treat all mails 11 alike seco second tid have one cash money crop but make the major portion of the farm feed crops which will give back to the soil at least 75 76 per cent soil value at 0 the crop fed to keep up tho the fertility of the farm no nd co aSala humus third therefore keep live lock stock on the farm the kind of live stock to be determined ly y the farm arm danytro merit menk market conditions and farm capital ala owner can invest fourie adoption of moisture cos serving methods of tillage in vital and all important deep plowing in tho the average eoll moll la is a requisite ot of prime importance fifth use acclimated seed of at the most drought resistant type which can be made to fit into a purposeful practical rotation tor for the far farin M at least one legume should be grown in a all choson sixth some capital la Is absolutely essential tor tar all settlers on we western lands in every instance of failure fallaro which the writer has been able to trace in the last four our years be he rind in the start a dearth of capita capital seventh back of eoll moll climate need seed eystein and capital must be a ro re source tul determined intelligent farmer on willing to learn from bis his neighbors and to adapt blin himself and hi his methods to his environment such a man Is a the one who will through utilizing flood waters or a well supplement the main farm with a vegetable and fruit garden which he can irrigate when rains do not mot come at the proper time for beat best re bu alts such a man will give alig 1 fam am lly fly an attractive home with modem modern throughout lie will alo also make th the dairy cow hog and au u in a regular income tacitly incidentally denta manufacturing cheap home grown feeds into products which thet market constantly demands |
