Show DRY FARMING TILLA TILLAGE GE very much hluch depends on and equipment at hand medium sandy eluam free from hardpan and clay ay I 1 Is belt bett adapted up eally easily ind end hold the moisture Molt ture welt well ahll perli eri aps japs 3 ju acres or a hal hat section bals ia aa much as a can ordinarily be tilled under dry farming nieth methods by one man very much depends upon ulon the man and equipment it Is a aerl serf mistake for anyone to undertake to farm more than ho he can attend to without alighting any of bli bl work the soil best beat adapted to dry farming Is a fedt im bandy sandy loam free from gravel haldean and clay writes F A It 11 andall of idaho in obtuse e judd farm pr er it up easily and holds anis fure ture well for its proper cultivation we ve need disk moldboard board plow a bar har rowe rows press cress drills and roller the disk plow is in used aa 1 sagebrush and mold maid board plow for the older soils my aly wan Is prep preparing ring storage for water is dep d ep plowing by fallow method close harrowing and contina ous harrowing after rains this keeps the surface soil loose freela admit ting all precipitation and prevents rapid evaporation it also keeps tho the fields ery free from weeds the practical crops grown are wheat oat oats barley potatoes alfalfa and peas plowing must be deep I 1 plow nothing less lhnn 7 inches the large majority of my farm Is lit stirred to a a depth of 10 inches at each operation by so doing I 1 provide a deep reservoir for water storage plowing to this depth of course courso requires power and here la Is where I 1 differ in judgment from many of my neighbors we have horsy power mule power gasoline tractors and team stearn engines I 1 have tried all and am thoroughly convinced that there is no do power equal to good mules now bood ad plowing means something more than deep plowing half the ad fantl van figes of deep plowing may bo be lost by careless plotting I 1 insist that ev ery furrow turned Is more la in width than the eize size of the share thero there must be no cut and cover proposition but all dirt must be completely turned if the ground ie Is weedy or not in good con condition ditton I 1 frequently plow the field a second time I 1 begin sowing winter wheat from august I 1 16 to september 20 spring heat Is sown just as early aa as it Is possible to get got in the fields after the tho frost Is out the grain Is drilled in not broud cast and nothing but the iirene drill used with it the seed Is 13 bown sown at a more even depth and the surface packed over the seed giving it a much better covering and seed wd toed disk and barrow harrow are used to pulverize the soil prom from three to live bar borrowings are given he the flold the number of operations depending on the ground and the amount of rainfall I 1 do not use the disk unless the ground Is ban bare weedy or for ordinary harrow the spike or drag harrow Is alwi i preferable the u weeder la Is another baad tool that comes into iia I ia whenever weeds become bothersome the surface soil sall Is worked up into a mulch usually from I 1 to 2 indies inches deep and must be carefully bar irked after every hard rain to prevent its packing or forming a crust if the field Is very dry I 1 use tho roller for the purpose of packing the surface outface but under ordinary or chere liero the eoll boll contains any trace of anol sture the harrow Is better the surface packer Is a splendid tool 0 to o use on heavy soil but it does little or no good on light soils I 1 harrow wheat at least three times after it Is up if the ground crusts after a rain it Is necessary to harrow barrow and if the weeds aro getting a start on the grain it Is necessary to harrow in to fact you cannot barrow barro too much |