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Show Mill FJUtMll . . j AT PCBAPA I SiMpIoMetMs f Cultivatta m Mi U Qm IretiMfs Farm Fftftfdig H 3549 8US1ELS OP WHEAT TO 'XCRtT M IH Heavy Second Cutting of Alfalfa M Which has not Been Irrigat- M ed for Two Years fl A representative of Tho Rcc-, H ord had occasion to visit what is known as the Quitchapa ranch, - H owned by McConnell Brothers. H and located about 12 miles south- H west from this city the "first of H the week." The showing" is a H most remarkable one all things jH considered and with thorough H and systematic cultivation it H seems probable that the Quitcha- H pa farm will eclipse anything in H this part of the state. All that JM scorns to be necessary to produce H good crops of wheat, rye, alfal- H fa, etc., is to clear the land of- H brush and give it some sort of a H ploughing. It is not imperative- H that it even bo harrowed. Scat-t H ter a little seed on tho land and H harvest the crop when it is ripe . H Whether arid farming will H provo.successful insomaavUjrN sl of4hocountyaybenivhafc1---,w-'4M problematical, but so far as H Quitchapa is concerned, it is, H proven practical and profitable, jH beyond any doubt. The writer- H was shown thrifty heavy second- H crop alfalfa nearly ready for tho H mower that has not been irrigat- H cd for two years and tho proprio- H tor stated that he never expected B to water it again. We saw very H fair wheat growing on ground H that was ploughed for tho first H time last season and the seed H sown broadcast among the clods and not even harrowed. We saw wheat and rye where tho land M had been cultivated (imperfectly) ' M for two seasons, that would go 35 to 40 bushels to the acre, with- M out irrigation. There is irrigat- M ed grain that looks heavier, and M will probably yield more, but not' M enough more, in the opinion of the writer, to pay for the ox-, M pense of irrigating. The ranch M has a liberal supply of water, and M by resorvoiring the stream, there would be sufficient to irrigate M several hundred acres of land; M but with the present showing, H irrigating, except for the pur- M pose of gardening or of starting M alfalfa, is unnecessary, and a M useless expense. Another re- M markable showing was a paying M crop of grain, that has sprung up fl volunteer on a piece of ground M turned over last autumn after. H the previous grain crop was har- M vested. M Talk about ground smiling H when it is tickled with a hoe?, H Why this land would go into hys- fl terics over an operation so nov- M el. It fairly bubbles over with fl mirth when a disc plow is run M over the sagebrush, and straight- , rH way yields forth from its abiin- H dance. fl The soil is of a black, fertile M nature not bad to bake and mel- H lows nicely with the winter, H (Contlmo'ou Cth pftgo.) '' " M ARID FARMlMl4 r AT QUITCHAPA :, (Continued fro irt tage.) 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 -i 1 1 ' frosts and holds the moisture in a remarkable manner Artesian water is easy to ob- i tain and the ranches are suppied $ with two excellent wells with 2 a inch casings th8 viator from which cannot be surpassed in quality. This artesian water "is , obtained at a depth of about 150 J feet or less, and by the use of larger casing some excellent flows could no doubt bo obtained. The McConnell brothers own 1 nearly 1500 acres of land in this . locality, and contigious to it are a number of enlarged homestead filings by the Lunt' brothers, ai.d others. 3 Some day Qultchapa is going to be a prosperous' little village of itself. Apparently there is ; no more promising. locality for ; agricultural purposes in thecoun- ; try. The McConnell brothers are to be congratulated upon getting get-ting in on this piece of property , at the time they did, and at so ; small an outlay. ' |