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Show PRACTICE OF "DRY FARMING" Consists of First Stirring Soli to Good Depth, Thsn Pscklng and Providing Mulch. Ia answer to a query as to the meaning mean-ing of the term "Dry Farming," Hoard's Dairyman makes tbe following follow-ing reply: The term "Dry Farming" applies ts a system first developed by H. W. Campbell on the aeml-arld soils ol ' western Nebraska where the rainfall waa about fifteen Inches per annum and lightest In the late fall, winter and spring. Briefly stated, it consists la first stirring the soil to a good depth, then packing the sub-surface soli with a tool invented for that purpose, followed fol-lowed by keeping the top soil loose tfl check evaporation. The grain Is sows In drills twenty-six Inches apart A ' surface agitator or cultivator follows between the drills, stirring the surfacs between the rows the same as we do with corn. The following yields are reported la the American Cyclopedia of Agrlcul ture, page 400: "In an experiment at Lisbon, North Dakota, the yield of wheat by the In-tercultural In-tercultural method, from 20 pounds ol seed per acre waa 27 H bushels; from one half bushel of bsrley per acre 64 Vi bushels; from three-fourths of s bushsl of oats 82 bushels. These fleldi ' were cultivated atx or eight time, d pending on conditions. By the or ! dlnary methods the same year 1 Vi bushels of wheat aeed la commonly sown per acre yielded 3 to 7 bushels; t bushels of barley aeed yielded ( te IS bushels and 2V4 bushels of oat aeed fielded 0 to 20 bushels per acre." j |