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Show I Difference of Opinio 1, Colorado Springs, Colo, "It's the difference of opinion that makes 110180 races" says David Harum. By the same token, things aro always made interesting interest-ing when a few dry-farmers get together for a comparison of systems. At the recent International Inter-national Dry Farming Congress here half the discussions con-corned con-corned the relative merits of various varieties of wheat for tho dry farm. Now comes Prof. E. H. Webster, dean of the I Kansas Agricultural College, and announces himself as "ferninst" ; them all. I "The wheat farmer has no ! place in tho development of the dry-farming urea," ho says, . "The general failure to recognize 1 this fact has caused untold suffering suf-fering and loss to settlers who 'were enticed by 11 isleading statements to occupy this country with the hope of growing wheat 1 for profit. Wheat farming has 1 certain requirements of moisture j and temperature which are im-1 im-1 perative, or the crop fails. The I region between the 100th meridian merid-ian and tho Rocky Mountains has proved its entire unreliability in this respect. It is destined, 1 however, to become one of the greatest producing centers for live stock in America. I 'The transition from the open range to the abandoned wheat ifarm has taught that forage ' crops are, to a workable degree, sure: that kafir, milo and sorg-s sorg-s hum will produce sufficient grain : for the needs of tho stock farm-, farm-, or; that the capacity of this re-' re-' gion to carry live stock can be greatly increased over that of. the range days by raising forage j and ;by winter feeding, and that I the climate is admirably adapt-; ed to the live stock industry." To insure success even under j these conditions, however. Prof. I Webster advised the farmers at Congress to produce feeders rather than finished stock, to raise forage crops for winter feeding, to care for these crops siloing, to practice approved dry-farming dry-farming methods, and to keeping keep-ing a better grade of stock than now. |
