| Show SOIL MULCH OF importance dry farmer must remember that his success depends upon degree to which he prevents waste so vitally important is a permanent soil mulch tor for the conservation for plant use of 0 the water anater stored in the soil that man attempts have been made to devise deise means for the effective cu cultivation Itha tion of land on which small grains and grasses are growing ng in ID many places plants have been g grown ronn n in rows so far apart that a men man vuth fill a hoe could pass bet between veen them field has described this method as practiced successfully successful in tunis camp bell and others in america hive pro posed that a drill hole be closed ever three feet to form a path vide ide enough for or a horse to tran travel el in and to p pull ull i a large spring tooth cult cultivator i alth ith teeth so go spaced paced as to strike between the rows rons ot of wheat it is yet vet doubtful whether li ether under average conditions such careful cult cultivation nation at least ot of grain chops is justified bv the returns under conditions ot of high aridity or here the store of soil moisture la Is low joll s ell ch treatment frequently stands between chop success and failure and it is not unlikely that methods ii will ill be de eked which nill hlll permit of the cheap crep an and d rapid culah cultivation aaion beann between een the ron rows s of groi growing ing wheat meanwhile the dry dr farmer must always remember that the margin under which lie he works is small and that his success upon the degree to chich he preen prevents ts small wastes the consar conservation aaion of soil moisture depends upon the vigorous ting continuous stirring of tile the topsoil cultivation and more cul tia tion mist mi st be bc tile the vir cry of the dry daimer f aimer who inho battles against the water thieve s of an and climate |
