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Show DRY FARM IMPLEMENT Importance of Disc Harrow Not Fully Realized by Many. . Haa Especial Value to Farmer Whe Uses It Intelligently Helps Retain Re-tain Soil Moisture In Fallow-ing Fallow-ing and Kills Out Weeds. Few farmers realize the Importance of tbe disk harrow aa a labor eaver and aa an Improver of the seed bed. to eay nothing of the varloua other usee to which It can be put upon the farm. To the farmer of Wyoming the disk harrow la a valuable Implement. In this atate where farming la carried on under so many different conditions of climate, altitude and moisture It haa an especial value to the farmer who makes uae of It Intelligently, says a writer In the Wyoming Farm Bulletin. In Wyoming farming is carried on at altitudes ranging from a little above 3,000 feet to 8,000 fuet or more; and under conditions of rainfall ranging from 6.6 to IS inchea per annum. Under Un-der each of these conditions the disk harrow finds ita own particular uae and adaptability. At the atate experiment experi-ment station where the altitude Is about 7.200 feet, the disk harrow Is considered one of tbe most valuable pieces of tillage machinery and la put to more different uses upon the farm than any other Implement. I may describe the ums to which the disk harrow Is put on the experiment farm and on the best farms and ranches In the various sections of Wyoming under the following heads: First Following the plow to pulverize pul-verize the soil and put it in better tilth for the reception of the seed. Second DlfcVIng land in the spring tbnt ban been plowed in the fall. This saves rtplowlng and puts the soli In the best, possible condition for spring seeding. Third-Disking ground that has been crtpped to peaa, potatoes, or roots the previous year. Some of our best farmers hold that disking is superior sup-erior to plowing on such land If It has b- ii plowed to a sufficient depth In previous years and there Is plenty of water for irrigation Fourth Disking stubble land after the grain Is rut to put the soil in better bet-ter condition for fall plowing. This la a method adopted by the dry farmer far-mer to conserve the moisture in the soil and also to put the aoll in better condition to catch and retain the rain that falls upon It. Tbe disk barrow is an excellent Implenynt for the formation for-mation of the soil mulch. Fifth For summer fallowing. It not only helps the soil retain moisture, but Is a killer of weeds, which rob tbe soil of much moisture. Sixth Disking alfalfa fields and meadows. Tbe fields become sod-bound sod-bound end disking cuts up the crowns of alfalfa, loosens and aerates tbe surface sur-face soil, cuts out foxtail and other Injurious In-jurious weeds and Improves the crop generslly. Seventh As a lawn Improver. This . spring a part of the university campus cam-pus which had never been broken was disked snd seeded to native graaa. Also the court bouse lawn was covered cover-ed with manure during the winter and thla spring disked. The lawn la now In excellent condition. Eighth For cultivating the orchard. To give maximum yields in the Irrigated Irri-gated orchard regions the orchard should be given clean cultivation. This csn be done by the use of the disk barrow. Tbe dry farm orchard is also greatly benefited by disking and clean cultivation, to destroy weeds and conserve con-serve moisture. Taking the variety of work, the thoroughness, the horsepower required, requir-ed, the case with which It can be bandied and its effect upon the soil, no farm machine ever Invented surpasses sur-passes the disk harrow. And even though the Inventor la unknown, bis memory is entitled to the blessings of humanity and he la deserving of a monument. |
