Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-18
SCIENTIFIC FARMING.
,n~ BurlingtOn Route Going Into
Agricultural Pursuits.
,v,,, Conduct Experimental Farms.


Will Conduct Experimental Farms.
NotIcc of sale Of Village bonds.
rho huntington route has arranged to con-
,,,,4 next year some seven model farms
Wv" u" ,ts line at McCook, Alma. Obcrlin.
' "" Holdrcdge, Hastings and Broken
Row in Nebraska. At each point arrange
mrnts have been made with resident far
NOR. selected with reference to his fitness
Car tho work, to take charge Of the Bur-
'",ten farm. The farms will he supplied
.,tn the special machinery manufactured
f"r the purpose of preventing In large
',ocrrc the evaporation of moisture from
,hn soil according to the Campbell
Method
Of the most important problems presented
N The farmer. Hardly a season passes In
which some important crop Is not largely
r,.luced in yield because of lack of sufficient
uo,sture to bring 1t to maturity. All other
.nnditIors may have been favorable for
mn crop, but the result was failure on &C.
,ount of n deficient supply OF moisture. The
ack of moisture, as a rule, Is not the result
NJ insufficient rainfall, but that 1t has been
allowed to escape largely by evaporation.
With proper preparation of the soil and
methods OF tillagc. IL bountiful crop is as
,urcd, even in years when hot winds and
lack of rains during critical periods Of the
growing season mean a failure Of crops
Tiled according to ordinary methods.
The Importance of proper preparation of
serve moisture is so great that. If its value
was fully realized, we would experience
Int little trouble from drouths Far better
is a season with deficiency Of RAINFALL IL
continuous surface cultivation is given, than
A season of abundant rain with little cul-
turc.
Following are some hints on how to ap-
DIV the Campbell Method"
Seven or elght-inch blowing Is best done
with Il sixteen or eighteen-inch sulky plow
Good, even blowing is important. BE sure
Won have the depth. Measure 1t; don't
guess at it. Follow as close to the pillow as
possible with the surface packer Make it
your rule to pack all your land the same
day it is plowed.
The soil mulch or dust blanket. is best
obtained by the use of spring tooth har-
row or cultivatOr, with points of teeth d.
rectcd forward-nOt perpendicular or slant
ing. but set fat, with the points directed
forward and downward, so as to cut under
the surface soil.
cultivated. The drills Of such crops should
be from eighteen to twenty-five inches
apart. Tools are in the market for doing
such work.
The burlington route will have a man on
the road during it's growing season next
year to visit the various stations at least
once week and see that the plans are be-
ing carried out and make reports as to the
progress. Samples of the soil will be for
wardcd every day from each Of the sta
tons to the State University of Nebraska,
and tests made to determine the per cent
of moisture. A feature will also be keeping
the matter before the farmers, and at the
conclusion of the experiment complete
and exhaustive report will be published.
RurlinrtNn &c
interest of the agricultural classes. for it.
with Characteristic foresight, realizes that
whatever our success may be, it must have
Its starting point with the farmer