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Show TRY DRY FARMS IN HUNGARY American Plan Tried With Success In Ovsr 2,000 Tests To Experiment Experi-ment In North Africa. This country is not tbe only one ts seine upon new Ideas; Hungary, not supposed to be among the most pro-greKHive pro-greKHive of nations, has taken with enthusiasm to tbe system of dry farming farm-ing that is making profitable much of what was once called the "arid" west. The process of dry fsrmlng consists in rolling hard the field after plowing, then harrowing tbe surface until it is a fine powder. Tbe moisture is retained re-tained under the hard layer, through which It la brought up by capillary action to tho plant roots. Hut the fine surface layer will not suck It up any farther, so that tt la not evaporated. Director. Kerpely of the Hungarian Academy of Horticulture reports that be has made over 2.000 tests of this method In the last three years, and In every case there wss an Increased yield, averaging CO per cent, more than without It. One landed proprietor, named Fech-tig, Fech-tig, tried experiments on his own account, ac-count, and reports that In a poor re glon, where the wheat yield In 1910 was from 4 to 12 quintals per hectare, the yield last yesr by tbe dry farming method was from If to 24 quintals. Tbe same proprietor obtained from 30 to 36 quintals of barley and oats on land whre formerly 20 waa considered a good yield. The next experiments will very likely like-ly be tried In north Africa, which In ancient times was one of the granaries of Home. It Is possible that the great supplies of wheat once sent from this dry region may have been due to some similar system of dry farming, the secret of which haa be.en lost. Multiply Disease Germs. A dirty brood coop, or unclean brooder, will multiply dtsesse germs which will endanger the health and Ufa of chicks. Encoursgts Growth. A run on clean, green grass will make chickens, ducklings, goslings and poultry grow faster. |