Show HOW WELL 00 YOU YOUR ARM ih BI C II 11 Ml Mi lkinson your farm has most likely chang ed considerably through the drouth years and these recent years of re covery several really good farmers were quite surprised last year to see spots wither and burn in some spots in their fields while other areas in the same fields remained bright and green long after they had expected the entire field to need water perhaps you had bad a similar exper lence here are some questions to which this the right answers may help you in your plans and operations see it if you can answer them to your satis faction how many acres have youa how many of these acres are in V hat crops how many acres of each crop cropf which crops pay best after you have figured the labor wa ter etc 7 9 do you ou grow as good crops as your neighbor 7 how honn much water stock have youa what 7 how much water will that company deliver to your farm this s asony when will it comek how many acres of alfalfa have youa how many of 0 these acres have a good kland A fair standa A poor standa how much hay per acre can grow and cut by june 12 how does ehlt compare with five years ago agoa with ten years 5 ears ago agoa how much ir ral gation water will it take to grow the first crop hay you have cut by jun when will you apply the water how far will you run it on the land from one ditch to the how long will you let it run on a 1 given piece of gi before you change ita why willau Will pu get an even growth from the top 0 of the run to the lower end it if not what will you geta what is th nature of pf your soila silt loam 9 sanda how far down Is it what Is next below that and on down tor for five feets have you a water tabled how far down Is it ita dobes it hold the same level the year round Is the water fresh or how dobes your land sub irrigate 9 where from 1 what hata time in the yeara at what depths does this sub irrigation help you or bother you in handling your crops and your irrigation 9 some of the things that have ably changed om on your farm are 1 alfalfa stands are thinned be cause of drouth or age 2 humus which helps the soil to absorb and hold moisture may have burned out or been blown away be cause of drouth S 3 fertility especially available ter tilita may have been depleted be cause of continuous cropping tor br even weeds 4 root roots of your alfalfa may have extended themselves deeper or wider to giet get a living 5 your soil may have changed by of clay into granules or evea sort of hardpan may have formed Parmer A s qu d be able to boast that lifey their farms J 1 |