The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-03-08
the season, and retained BY frequently
''stirrlng the surface to prevent evapora-

the season, and retained BY frequently
! stirring the surface to prevent evapora-
ton.
We find it Is not necessary to supsol
each season, but that once in three
years will answer all practical purposes.
1t a field ls SUBSIDIZED and planted to
corn the first, or first and second year,
then followed by wheat or oats, the re-
suit will he satisfactory, though a slight
falling off will be noticed in the third
crop after subsoiling. For instance: A
field that was subsoiled IN the fall Of
1891 and cropped to corn seasons Of
1892 and 1893, was planted to oats IN
the spring Of ,.94 and produced a yield
OF thirty nine and one quarter bushei
per acre; while IN another portion OF the
same field which had been subsoiled in
the fall OF '92 and raised a crop OF corn
the season OF s93, the yield Of oats was
forty four and one third bushel per acre,
showing d difference OF five bushels per
acre in favor OF the land which had
raised but one crop since subsoiling.
Now we will compare the results on
land on the same farm not subsoiled.
Land SUBSIDIZED plowed in the fall OF '92
and planted to corn in the spring of 90
yielded seventy five bushels per acre,
while corn on land not subsoiled, but
otherwise treated in identically the same
manner. yielded but thirty SIX bushels
to the acre. Land subsoiled and plant
ed to potatos in the spring of 1898
yielded l25 bushels per acre, while the
potatoe crop on land not subsoiled was
practically a failure. This season ('94)
the yield Of potatoes on subsoiled land
was 50 bushels per acre. The potatoes
were planted on the 18th OF May, and
on June we had the last heavy rain OF
the season. From June % to August
l6 We had $1,000 inch of rainfall less
than one half inch in fifty four days and
still We raised a fair crop OF potatoes.
Rye on SUBSIDIZED land yielded thirty
and one third bushels per acre; on land
not subsoiled two and one half bushels.
Oats sown on land which had raised
one crop Of corn since %subsOillng yielded
forty four and one third bushels per
acre; on land which had raised two
crops OF corn since subsolllng, thirty
nine and a quarter bushels per acre; on
lana not subsoiled, II bushels per acre.
The corn on SUBSIDIZED land this sea-
son, by an erro:., planted to thick. The
planter had been used to drill corn for
tOduer, and we commenced to
plant the field corn the plates were not
Changed. thus error caused us the loss
OI a corn crop this season, there being
i've u seven stalks III each hill. Thc
lie corn stood the drOuth and hot
winds without injury to the tassels, and
where ever by accident 1T Was thlnned
out tue ears were well filled and ma
tured, and we have o the slightest
'uoubU but that with proper planting
anu good cultivation, we can raise u
crop vi corn with no more moisture
than we had this season OF 1894.
Just north OF the field Of subsoiled
We had n piece OF corn not SUBJ
sOlleu. The Two pieces we're planted
from the same seed, on the same day,
With the same planter, and received ex-
actly the saline alter cultivation, there
being nothing but d driveway between
the TWO pieces. The difference III these
two fields was very mBrkeu. The corn
On SUBSIDIZED land made a vigorous
healthy growth, the stalks were large
and tall, there was an abundance OF pol
len up until the fifteenth Of August not
wlthstandlng the fact OF It's having been
planted entirely . thick, yielded a lit
tie over IL bushels of sound corr per
acre. On the land not SUBSIDIZED the
stalks were not more than two thirds
as tall, were much smaller in diameter,
the tassels were completely withered by
the hot winds OF July 20, and there was
not a peck OF corn on the entire field.
We are convinced from these facts that
II there is d lair amount OF moisture in
the soil, hot winds are not necessarily
fatal to u crop OF corn. One OF our
nelghbors Mr.. j.. H. Heath, living a
short distance from Geneva, succeeded
in raising the best field OF corn in the
nelghborhood. His method is to use a
lister with subsoil attachment. He runs
the lister ten Inches, the subsOil attach
mont 1nnSonlrr tho coil flroo IN f~,,, =,