Show pleasant grove news we are favored with a copy of the pleasant grove news marked vol 1 no 2 and wish the new venture success as we find its general make inake up and tone comparing comparing om paring v well with the best in the issue defered to fco is an encouraging cou raging and instructive article on successful dry farming as reported by mr E J walker an expert in that line mr walker star by grow in ing C rye but if was only t good for feed so he tried wheat and has raised on an average of 40 bushels per acre every other year the iii highest tz liest yield per acre was in 1908 48 2 bushels air M argues that his success over his neighbors who grow row but 15 to 20 bushels per acre is due hir largely 0 e ay to working the land ian d and keeping it free from weeds he contends that soil will not raise weeds one ye year ar and wheat the next but the land must rest at the same time be turned over lie con considers condida sidA rs that ilie yield jus tines the labor another very important fac factor factories toris is 4 the ubi e s seeding e ed i n g most people plant too much seed to the acre 1 10 1 thirty to forty pounds is is arn pie because more than that mattes makes the chestand th stand estand too thick producing prod u 1 enuch much str straw iw and small heads hence cuttin cutting down the grain yield the grain must be drilled in and that too in aai august astor or Sep september pember to insure plants up well inthe fall |