Show DRY FARMING idaho idabo falls idaho aug that dry d ry farming methods when properly followed are sue cessa ul has just been demonstrated by professors briggs kearney and of the department dopart part ment of agriculture who in behalf of the department have completed an in investigation vesti gation of the dry farms in this valley professor briggs before leav ing this city stated that in all of the travels of the committee it has not seen leither either irrigated or non irrigated farming which produced better results than were to be found on the dry farms here in the face of the fact that tie the year has been one of severe drought the Woods mansee and webster farm of acres is producing 2400 acres of turkey y red wheat that will ave average a genot not less than 40 bushels when ed this result is obtained under dry dr farming tillage la P methods and the use of 30 p pounds of eseed to the acre mr 0 H Woods mansee of rexburg Rex burg idaho one of the owners of this rauch ranch has been invited to 10 address the sixth international ter national dry farming congress ress to be held in Cold colorado rado springs bp rings october A to 20 explaining pla ining the methods both of tilla tillage 0 e and business utilized on the mp great ranch of this company the corn company pany will also make an exhibit at the exposition hold held in connection with the congress mr air woodmansee WiDad mansee is said to be one of the most exacting farm operators in the west and is able to toll tell at the close of each year to a f fraction faction of a cent the cost of ploughing sloughing hing harvesting and handlin handling 9 his crop it in this vicinity the govern ment men found acres of I 1 dry land grown grain that will run from 80 to 50 bushels to the acre in addition to this the valley is now tiar harvesting vesting acres acres of diversified dry farmed drops all of which are prodoc ing heavily the valley already has about acres of dry farmed rand land under what is known as su summer amer tillage or fallow which will be seeded this fall |